Where does Tusimple, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tusimple, Inc. ranks #1,226 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 Tusimple, Inc. hold?

Tusimple, Inc. holds 347 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is Tusimple, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tusimple, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tusimple, Inc. focus on?

Tusimple, Inc.'s top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 151 patents, ranking #26 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tusimple, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tusimple, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1065% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tusimple, Inc.'s patents?

Tusimple, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Tusimple, 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

Tusimple, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 347 granted patents across 59 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tusimple ranks #1,226 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 347 patents across 59 technology areas.

#1,226
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.4/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +1065%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1226 · US Corporation #1,226 · 347 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 347 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,226/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Janssen Biotech
CPC-WIDE G05D · 59 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1065% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Janssen Biotech, 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 Tusimple’s 65.4 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 20.2 pts (31%) Velocity 9.1 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Genesys Telecommunic… · near

65
Hyundai Autoever · near

65
Tusimple · this assignee

65
Columbia Insurance · near

65
Donaldson · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tusimple's Innovation Score is 65.4/100 (top 1% 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 Tusimple?

Each dot is one of Tusimple’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). Tusimple’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Tusimple's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Tusimple, Inc. received 268 grants versus 23 in 2015–2019 (+1065% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 72 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 4. Lead class G05D accounts for 43.5% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. (#1,222) and Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG (#1,230).

Tusimple's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tusimple, Inc. moved from 121 to 166 grants (1.37x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #548. See the growth leaderboard.

Mimaki Engineering

348
SK On

348
Janssen Biotech

347
King Slide Techno…

347
Tusimple ◀

347
Aisan Kogyo

346
Cognex

346
Iucf-hyu (Industr…

346
Endress+Hauser Fl…

345

What this shows Tusimple holds 347 patents at rank #1,226, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tusimple

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,226 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tusimple, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), Tusimple ranks #26 of 2,515 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. 65 Hyundai Autoever Corp. 65 Columbia Insurance Company 65 Donaldson Company, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS 18.4 avg Smartsky Networks LLC 18.4 avg Celgene Quanticel Research, Inc. 18.4 avg Orbital Research Inc. 18.4 avg

Tusimple's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tusimple, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	1.2%
2019	19	5.5%
2020	54	15.6%
2021	48	13.8%
2022	30	8.6%
2023	72	20.7%
2024	64	18.4%
2025partial year	56	16.1%

Which technologies does Tusimple, Inc. patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 151

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 133

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 124

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 92

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 91

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 70

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 67

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 59

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 45

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 43

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 28

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 27

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 23

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 19

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 18

Top 15 of 59 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

Tusimple, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tusimple, Inc.'s lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 43.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #1,226 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tusimple, Inc. against Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.4/100 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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