Where does TPE Midstream LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TPE Midstream LLC ranks #38,003 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 TPE Midstream LLC hold?

TPE Midstream LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is TPE Midstream LLC's Innovation Score?

TPE Midstream LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TPE Midstream LLC focus on?

TPE Midstream LLC's top technology area is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps) with 5 patents, ranking #246 of 1,184 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is TPE Midstream LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for TPE Midstream LLC.

What does claim depth mean for TPE Midstream LLC's patents?

TPE Midstream LLC's patents average 18.7 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 TPE Midstream 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

TPE Midstream LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TPE ranks #38,003 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,003
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38003 · US Corporation #38,003 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,003/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Toyo Electric MFG
CPC-NARROW F04B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Toyo Electric MFG. Co., Ltd. (±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 TPE’s 47.8 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 7.2 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TPE Midstream · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TPE's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 TPE?

Each dot is one of TPE’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). TPE’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TPE's grants concentrate

TPE Midstream LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, TPE sits between Toyo Electric MFG. Co., Ltd. and Tracoe Medical GMBH.

TPE's three-year grant acceleration

TPE Midstream LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Toyo Electric MFG

7
Toyota Battery

7
Toyota Boshoku Am…

7
Tpcera

7
TPI Technology

7
TPK Holding

7
Trackonomy Systems

7
Tracoe Medical

7
TPE Midstream ◀

7

What this shows TPE holds 7 patents at rank #37,877, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TPE

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,877 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids)

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

TPE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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TPE Midstream LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	3	42.9%

Which technologies does TPE Midstream LLC patent most?

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 5

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

B01D - Separation 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

TPE Midstream LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TPE Midstream LLC's lead technology class is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04B
Ranked #38,003 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TPE Midstream LLC against Toyo Electric MFG. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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