Where does Trane International Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trane International Inc. ranks #667 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 Trane International Inc. hold?

Trane International Inc. holds 671 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 106 technology areas.

What is Trane International Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Trane International Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Trane International Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Trane International Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +26% 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 Trane International Inc.'s patents?

Trane International Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Trane International Inc. 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

Trane International Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Trane International Inc. focus on?

Trane International Inc.'s top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 264 patents, ranking #5 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 106 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 671 granted patents across 106 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: F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trane ranks #667 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 671 patents across 106 technology areas.

#667
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R667 · US Corporation #667 · 671 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 671 grants
TOP-DECILE #667/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Taiwan…
CPC-WIDE F25B · 106 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Taiwan University (±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 Trane’s 62.3 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 22.5 pts (36%) Velocity 5.2 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A Raymond ET CIE · near

62
Brose Fahrzeugteile… · near

62
Flowserve Pte · near

62
Trane International · this assignee

62
Yokogawa Electric · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trane's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (top 2% 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 Trane?

Each dot is one of Trane’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). Trane’s own 16.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Trane's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Trane International Inc. received 348 grants versus 277 in 2015–2019 (+26% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 87 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 23. Lead class F25B accounts for 39.3% of the portfolio across 106 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Viasat, Inc. (#663) and BAE Systems PLC (#671).

Trane's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Trane International Inc. moved from 242 to 189 grants (0.78x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,892. See the growth leaderboard.

Viasat

677
Aisin AW

674
KCI Licensing

673
National Taiwan U…

671
Trane Internation… ◀

671
General Electric…

670
TE Connectivity

670
ATI ULC

669
BAE Systems

669

What this shows Trane holds 671 patents at rank #667, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trane

By rank, the assignees closest to #667 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Trane, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25B (Refrigeration Machines), Trane ranks #5 of 704 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Yokogawa Electric Corporation 62 A. Raymond ET CIE 62 Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg 62 Flowserve Pte. Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc. 16.1 avg Gojo Industries, Inc. 16.1 avg Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 16.1 avg Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. 16.1 avg

Trane's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Trane International Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	3.4%
2016	46	6.9%
2017	62	9.2%
2018	63	9.4%
2019	83	12.4%
2020	87	13.0%
2021	72	10.7%
2022	55	8.2%
2023	69	10.3%
2024	65	9.7%
2025partial year	46	6.9%

Which technologies does Trane International Inc. patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 264

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 252

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 121

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 79

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 71

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 66

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 66

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 63

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 40

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 37

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 34

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 32

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 30

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 28

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 26

Top 15 of 106 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

Trane International Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Trane International Inc.'s lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 39.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #667 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trane International Inc. against Viasat, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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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