Where does Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. ranks #11,845 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 Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. hold?

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th 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 Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. focus on?

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s top technology area is B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles) with 23 patents, ranking #8 of 155 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s patents?

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s patents average 13.3 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 Trinity North American Freight CAR, 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

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Trinity ranks #11,845 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 14 technology areas.

#11,845
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11845 · US Corporation #11,845 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,845/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiyuan University…
CPC-FOCUS B61D · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiyuan University of Science and Technology (±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 Trinity’s 34.0 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 11.4 pts (34%) Velocity 1.4 pts (4%) Breadth 13.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allergan Sales · near

34
Fabbrica D'armi… · near

34
Tongfu Microelectron… · near

34
Trinity North… · this assignee

34
TVA Medical · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Trinity's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 Trinity?

Each dot is one of Trinity’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). Trinity’s own 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Trinity's grants concentrate

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 88.5% of grants classified under B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Trinity sits between Tod's S.P.A. and Takazono Technology Incorporated.

Trinity's three-year grant acceleration

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Tod's S P A

26
Tokuden

26
Topivert Pharma

26
Toptica Photonics

26
Tubitak

26
TYR Tactical

26
Taiyuan Universit…

26
Takazono Technolo…

26
Trinity North Ame… ◀

26

What this shows Trinity holds 26 patents at rank #11,837, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Trinity

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,837 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Trinity, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles), Trinity ranks #8 of 155 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Fabbrica D'armi Pietro Beretta S.P.A. 34 Allergan Sales, LLC 34 Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 34 TVA Medical, Inc. 34

Trinity's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	3.8%
2019	12	46.2%
2020	4	15.4%
2021	3	11.5%
2022	2	7.7%
2023	2	7.7%
2025partial year	2	7.7%

Which technologies does Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. patent most?

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 23

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 4

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 2

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 1

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

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

B61G - COUPLINGS; Draught AND Buffing Appliances 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61D (Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles), 88.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61D
Ranked #11,845 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. against Tod's S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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