Overall rank by patents
#23,551
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Top ranks #23,551 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R23551 · Foreign Corporation #23,551 · 12 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Thika Holdings 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Top Vending Machine · this assignee
33 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Top's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (top 58% 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.
Top Vending Machine Electronics Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Top sits between Thika Holdings Llc and Tosk, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Thika Holdings LLC
12 patents
Thousand Oaks Corp.
12 patents
ThreatMETRIX PTY LTD
12 patents
Toledo Molding & Die, LLC
12 patents
Topaz Systems, Inc.
12 patents
Torax Medical, Inc.
12 patents
Tormek AB
12 patents
Tosk, Inc.
12 patents
Top Vending Machine Electronics Co., Ltd.
12 patents
What this shows Top holds 12 patents at rank #23,558, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #23,558 in granted patent volume.
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)
33 Top 58% higher than 42% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2023 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 16.7% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#23,551
of 50,000 tracked assignees
32.6 out of 100
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.