Where does Tuft & Needle, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tuft & Needle, LLC ranks #27,706 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 Tuft & Needle, LLC hold?

Tuft & Needle, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Tuft & Needle, LLC's Innovation Score?

Tuft & Needle, LLC has an Innovation Score of 22.6 out of 100 (11th 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 Tuft & Needle, LLC focus on?

Tuft & Needle, LLC's top technology area is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags) with 2 patents, ranking #171 of 494 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tuft & Needle, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tuft & Needle, LLC's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tuft & Needle, LLC's patents?

Tuft & Needle, LLC's patents average 4.8 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 Tuft & Needle, 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

Tuft & Needle, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tuft ranks #27,706 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#27,706
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 4.8
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27706 · US Corporation #27,706 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,706/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TailStream
CPC-NARROW A45C · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TailStream Technologies, 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 Tuft’s 22.6 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 8.3 pts (37%) Velocity 5.3 pts (23%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 2.9 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tuft & Needle · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tuft's Innovation Score is 22.6/100 (11th 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 Tuft?

Each dot is one of Tuft’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). Tuft’s own 4.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tuft's grants concentrate

Tuft & Needle, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Tuft sits between Trojan Technologies Group ULC and Taizhou University.

Tuft's three-year grant acceleration

Tuft & Needle, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Trojan Group ULC

10
Tso3

10
Tsubota Laboratory

10
Tucc Technology

10
Tunghsu Technolog…

10
Turing Video

10
Tailstream

10
Taizhou University

10
Tuft & Needle ◀

10

What this shows Tuft holds 10 patents at rank #27,611, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tuft

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,611 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45C (Purses)

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

Tuft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Tuft & Needle, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Tuft & Needle, LLC patent most?

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 2

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Tuft & Needle, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tuft & Needle, LLC's lead technology class is A45C (PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45C
Ranked #27,706 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tuft & Needle, LLC against Trojan Technologies Group ULC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.