Where does Tormek AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tormek AB ranks #23,555 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Tormek AB hold?

Tormek AB holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Tormek AB's Innovation Score?

Tormek AB has an Innovation Score of 39.4 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tormek AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tormek AB's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Tormek AB's patents?

Tormek AB's patents average 10.0 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Tormek AB patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Tormek AB

Q: What technology areas does Tormek AB focus on?

Tormek AB's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 10 patents, ranking #58 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tormek ranks #23,555 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 5 technology areas.

#23,555
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.4/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23555 · Foreign Corporation #23,555 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,555/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Toledo Molding & Die
CPC-NARROW B24B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Toledo Molding & Die, 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 Tormek’s 39.4 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 8.9 pts (23%) Velocity 16.7 pts (42%) Breadth 7.9 pts (20%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tormek AB · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tormek's Innovation Score is 39.4/100 (top 38% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Tormek?

Each dot is one of Tormek’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). Tormek’s own 10.0 claims/patent is at or below the 13.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Tormek vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Tormek's grants concentrate

Tormek AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Tormek sits between Toledo Molding & Die, LLC and Townsteel, Inc..

Tormek's three-year grant acceleration

Tormek AB shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Toledo Molding &…

12
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Torax Medical

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12
Totum Labs

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Townsteel

12
Tormek AB ◀

12

What this shows Tormek holds 12 patents at rank #23,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tormek

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Tormek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tormek AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Tormek AB patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 10

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Tormek AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tormek AB's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #23,555 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tormek AB against Toledo Molding & Die, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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