Where does Tri State Distribution, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tri State Distribution, Inc. ranks #10,798 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 State Distribution, Inc. hold?

Tri State Distribution, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Tri State Distribution, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tri State Distribution, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tri State Distribution, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tri State Distribution, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 State Distribution, Inc.'s patents?

Tri State Distribution, Inc.'s patents average 14.6 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 State Distribution, 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

Tri State Distribution, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Tri State Distribution, Inc. focus on?

Tri State Distribution, Inc.'s top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 14 patents, ranking #239 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tri ranks #10,798 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 13 technology areas.

#10,798
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10798 · US Corporation #10,798 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,798/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Q
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Q, LLC (±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’s 33.2 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 11.7 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Deca · near

33
Gima S p A · near

33
Hydra Biosciences · near

33
Lexion Medical · near

33
Tri State Distribution · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tri's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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?

Each dot is one of Tri’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’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tri's grants concentrate

Tri State Distribution, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 48.3% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (10 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Tri sits between The Q, LLC and Uipco, LLC.

The Q

29
The Ridge Wallet

29
Tipper Tie

29
Titan Spine

29
Trodat

29
Troy-csl Lighting

29
Uchiyama Manufact…

29
Uipco

29
Tri State Distrib… ◀

29

What this shows Tri holds 29 patents at rank #10,800, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tri

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,800 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tri, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials), Tri ranks #239 of 3,365 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Gima S.p.A. 33 Lexion Medical, LLC 33 Hydra Biosciences, LLC 33 Deca Technologies Inc. 33

Tri's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Tri State Distribution, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	13.8%
2016	4	13.8%
2017	10	34.5%
2018	5	17.2%
2019	6	20.7%

Which technologies does Tri State Distribution, Inc. patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 14

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 10

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 6

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 6

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

Top 13 of 13 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 State Distribution, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tri State Distribution, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 48.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #10,798 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tri State Distribution, Inc. against The Q, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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

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