Where does TWC Patent Trust LLT rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TWC Patent Trust LLT ranks #38,058 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 TWC Patent Trust LLT hold?

TWC Patent Trust LLT holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is TWC Patent Trust LLT's Innovation Score?

TWC Patent Trust LLT has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd 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 TWC Patent Trust LLT focus on?

TWC Patent Trust LLT's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 3 patents, ranking #5,328 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is TWC Patent Trust LLT's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TWC Patent Trust LLT'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 TWC Patent Trust LLT's patents?

TWC Patent Trust LLT's patents average 17.3 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 TWC Patent Trust LLT 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

TWC Patent Trust LLT

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TWC ranks #38,058 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,058
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38058 · US Corporation #38,058 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,058/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taction Technology
CPC-NARROW H04L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taction Technology, 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 TWC’s 26.9 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 7.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hinkley Lighting · near

27
NeoTract · near

27
TWC Patent Trust LLT · this assignee

27
SSM Schärer… · near

27
Thule · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TWC's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 TWC?

Each dot is one of TWC’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). TWC’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TWC's grants concentrate

TWC Patent Trust LLT is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, TWC sits between Ttec Holdings, Inc. and Tagboard, Inc..

Ttec Holdings

7
Tubetamer

7
Tufin Software

7
Turboden S R L

7
Twin Cups

7
Typemock

7
Taction Technology

7
Tagboard

7
TWC Patent Trust… ◀

7

What this shows TWC holds 7 patents at rank #37,908, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TWC

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,908 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TWC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), TWC ranks #5,328 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

NeoTract, Inc. 27 SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG 27 Thule NV 27 Hinkley Lighting, Inc. 27

TWC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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TWC Patent Trust LLT patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	3	42.9%
2018	3	42.9%

Which technologies does TWC Patent Trust LLT patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

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 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G01W - Meteorology 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

Top 7 of 7 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

TWC Patent Trust LLT's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TWC Patent Trust LLT's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #38,058 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TWC Patent Trust LLT against Ttec Holdings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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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