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Top Tier, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Top ranks #30,433 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#30,433
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.1/100)
20.2
avg claims per patent
-71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30433 · US Corporation #30,433 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #30,433/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tippmann Engineering
  • CPC-NARROW B65G · 2 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 25.1/100
  • CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-DROP -71% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tippmann Engineering, LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Top’s 25.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Top

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Top's Innovation Score is 25.1/100 (16th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Top?

Each dot is one of Top’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Top’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Top vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 141618202224 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Tippmann Engineering, LLC - 9, 22.56Tippmann Engineer…Titan Formwork Systems, LLC - 9, 20.67Titan Formwork Sy…TokenEx, Inc. - 9, 14.44TokenexTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences - 9, 16.56Tokyo University…Topix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - 9, 15.67Topix Pharmaceuti…Torotrak (Development) Limited - 9, 15.33Torotrak (Develop…Total E&P Canada Ltd. - 9, 14.44Total E&P CanadaTouchpoint Medical, Inc. - 9, 20Touchpoint MedicalTop Tier, LLC - 9, 20.22Top Tier
Top vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Top's grants concentrate

Top Tier, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Top sits between Tippmann Engineering, LLC and Touchpoint Medical, Inc..

Who files at Top's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Top holds 9 patents at rank #30,418, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Top

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,418 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Top's primary technology class.

Top's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 2017201820192020 2
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Top Tier, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2017 1 11.1%
2018 3 33.3%
2019 3 33.3%
2020 2 22.2%

Which technologies does Top Tier, LLC patent most?

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Top Tier, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Top Tier, LLC's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
  • Ranked #30,433 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Top Tier, LLC against Tippmann Engineering, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 25.1/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page
  • USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
  • Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
  • USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.