Where does TPC Group, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TPC Group, LLC ranks #10,488 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 TPC Group, LLC hold?

TPC Group, LLC holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is TPC Group, LLC's Innovation Score?

TPC Group, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.3 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%).

What technology areas does TPC Group, LLC focus on?

TPC Group, LLC's top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 18 patents, ranking #252 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is TPC Group, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TPC Group, LLC's recent grant velocity is -68% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for TPC Group, LLC's patents?

TPC Group, LLC's patents average 20.3 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 TPC Group, LLC 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 US Corporation

TPC Group, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 16 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TPC ranks #10,488 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,488
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10488 · US Corporation #10,488 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,488/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tangle Teezer
CPC-FOCUS C07C · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tangle Teezer Limited (±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 TPC’s 39.3 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 11.9 pts (30%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 14.1 pts (36%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Capacitor Sciences… · near

39
EchoNous · near

39
Teledyne Lecroy · near

39
TPC Group · this assignee

39
Zettaset · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TPC's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (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 TPC?

Each dot is one of TPC’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). TPC’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TPC's grants concentrate

TPC Group, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, TPC sits between Thule Organization Solutions, Inc. and Tensorcom, Inc..

TPC's three-year grant acceleration

TPC Group, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Thule Organizatio…

30
Tmaxdataco

30
Tong Hsing Indust…

30
Tong Lung Metal I…

30
Turun Yliopisto

30
Tangle Teezer

30
Technology Innova…

30
Tensorcom

30
TPC Group ◀

30

What this shows TPC holds 30 patents at rank #10,479, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TPC

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,479 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TPC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), TPC ranks #252 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Teledyne Lecroy, Inc. 39 EchoNous, Inc. 39 Capacitor Sciences Incorporated 39 Zettaset, Inc. 39

TPC'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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TPC Group, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.0%
2016	5	16.7%
2017	5	16.7%
2018	9	30.0%
2020	4	13.3%
2021	2	6.7%
2022	1	3.3%
2025partial year	1	3.3%

Which technologies does TPC Group, LLC patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 18

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 16

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 14

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 11

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 2

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 2

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B01D - Separation 1

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

Top 15 of 16 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

TPC Group, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TPC Group, LLC's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #10,488 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TPC Group, LLC against Thule Organization Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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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