Overall rank by patents
#6,602
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H02H (EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Tower ranks #6,602 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 11 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R6602 · US Corporation #6,602 · 51 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tellabs Operations, Inc. (±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
Amminex Emissions Te… · near
30 score
Tgoma NZ · near
30 score
Tower Manufacturing · this assignee
30 score
Dreamvu · near
30 score
Nanoton · near
30 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Tower Manufacturing Corp. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #6,602 of 50,000; Innovation Score 30.1/100 sits in the top 67% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Tellabs Operations, Inc. (±0 grants).
Tower Manufacturing Corp. has been granted 51 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Tower Manufacturing Corp. at #6,602 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 11 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 7.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in H02H (EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS). As a US Corporation, Tower Manufacturing Corp. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Tower sits between Tellabs Operations, Inc. (51 patents, rank #6,598) and Viiv Healthcare UK (no.5) Limited (51 patents, rank #6,606) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 30.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 20 grants, compared with 28 in the 2015–2019 window, a -29% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Tower Manufacturing Corp.'s 7.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 11 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Tellabs Operations, Inc.
51 patents
Tempur-Pedic Management, LLC
51 patents
The Quaker Oats Company
51 patents
Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
51 patents
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
51 patents
VTV THERAPEUTICS LLC
51 patents
Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A. S.
51 patents
ViiV Healthcare UK (No.5) Limited
51 patents
Tower Manufacturing Corp.
51 patents
What this shows Tower holds 51 patents at rank #6,602, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #6,602 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tower's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tower, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.1 here).
Tower's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
30 Top 67% higher than 33% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 13.7% |
| 2016 | 7 | 13.7% |
| 2017 | 3 | 5.9% |
| 2018 | 2 | 3.9% |
| 2019 | 9 | 17.6% |
| 2020 | 8 | 15.7% |
| 2021 | 10 | 19.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 2.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 2.0% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 5.9% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#6,602
of 50,000 tracked assignees
30.1 out of 100
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