Where does Tri-edge Industries, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tri-edge Industries, LLC ranks #43,748 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 Tri-edge Industries, LLC hold?

Tri-edge Industries, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Tri-edge Industries, LLC's Innovation Score?

Tri-edge Industries, LLC has an Innovation Score of 16.9 out of 100 (4th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tri-edge Industries, LLC focus on?

Tri-edge Industries, LLC's top technology area is B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening) with 1 patents, ranking #89 of 165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tri-edge Industries, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tri-edge Industries, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Tri-edge Industries, LLC's patents?

Tri-edge Industries, LLC's patents average 2.3 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 Tri-edge Industries, 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

Tri-edge Industries, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tri-edge ranks #43,748 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#43,748
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 4th percentile
by Innovation Score (16.9/100): 2.3
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43748 · US Corporation #43,748 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,748/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TRA
CPC-NARROW B24D · 4 areas
INNOV-LOW 16.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TRA Company 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 Tri-edge’s 16.9 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 6.7 pts (40%) Velocity 1.7 pts (10%) Breadth 7.1 pts (42%) Claim depth 1.4 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tri-edge Industries · this assignee

17
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tri-edge's Innovation Score is 16.9/100 (4th percentile 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 Tri-edge?

Each dot is one of Tri-edge’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). Tri-edge’s own 2.3 claims/patent is at or below the 5.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tri-edge's grants concentrate

Tri-edge Industries, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Tri-edge sits between TRA Company Ltd. and TRON-Translationale Onkologie an der Universitatsm.

Tri-edge's three-year grant acceleration

Tri-edge Industries, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

TRA

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Travel Blue

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Trebco

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Treetotextile AB

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Trimr

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Tris

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What this shows Tri-edge holds 6 patents at rank #43,584, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tri-edge

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,584 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24D (Tools FOR Grinding)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tri-edge's primary technology class.

Tri-edge's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

17 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tri-edge Industries, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2019	3	50.0%
2021	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Tri-edge Industries, LLC patent most?

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Tri-edge Industries, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tri-edge Industries, LLC's lead technology class is B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24D
Ranked #43,748 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tri-edge Industries, LLC against TRA Company Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 16.9/100 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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