Where does Trimble Jena GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trimble Jena GmbH ranks #13,216 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 Trimble Jena GmbH hold?

Trimble Jena GmbH holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Trimble Jena GmbH's Innovation Score?

Trimble Jena GmbH has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Trimble Jena GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Trimble Jena GmbH's recent grant velocity is +9% 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 Trimble Jena GmbH's patents?

Trimble Jena GmbH's patents average 16.0 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 Trimble Jena GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

Trimble Jena GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Trimble Jena GmbH focus on?

Trimble Jena GmbH's top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 20 patents, ranking #162 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trimble ranks #13,216 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 9 technology areas.

#13,216
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13216 · Foreign Corporation #13,216 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,216/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TidalX AI
CPC-NARROW G01C · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TidalX AI Inc. (±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 Trimble’s 44.5 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 11.0 pts (25%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 10.6 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Trimble Jena · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trimble's Innovation Score is 44.5/100 (top 25% 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 Trimble?

Each dot is one of Trimble’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). Trimble’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Trimble's grants concentrate

Trimble Jena GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 87% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Trimble sits between TidalX AI Inc. and Tyco Electronics Svenska AB.

Trimble's three-year grant acceleration

Trimble Jena GmbH shows 8 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.

Tidalx AI

23
Timex Group USA

23
Topgolf Sweden AB

23
Transtron

23
Truepic

23
Tuskegee Universi…

23
Tyco Brasil Ltda

23
Tyco Svenska AB

23
Trimble Jena ◀

23

What this shows Trimble holds 23 patents at rank #13,211, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trimble

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,211 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Trimble's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Trimble Jena GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	17.4%
2016	2	8.7%
2017	4	17.4%
2018	1	4.3%
2020	1	4.3%
2021	3	13.0%
2022	4	17.4%
2023	3	13.0%
2024	1	4.3%

Which technologies does Trimble Jena GmbH patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 20

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Trimble Jena GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Trimble Jena GmbH's lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 87% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #13,216 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trimble Jena GmbH against TidalX AI Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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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