TNO patents

TNO holds 1,221 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,221
Recent patents311
First publicationJan 6, 2015
Latest publicationMar 24, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015141
201679
20174
201891
2019123
2020124
2021148
2022144
2023129
2024118
2025105
202615
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015141
201679
20174
201891
2019123
2020124
2021148
2022144
2023129
2024118
2025105
202615

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
Y02P70/5054
G01Q60/3245
G01N29/068140
B33Y10/0033
Y02E10/54932

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does TNO have in patentsdb?
TNO is linked to 1,221 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does TNO patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Electricity (634); Physics (451); Cross-Sectional Technologies (246).
Is TNO's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 118 in 2024 and 105 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to TNO?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.