USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Innovative Micro Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B81C (PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS).

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

17.1

Avg claims per patent

-60%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Innovative ranks #10,963 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 30 technology areas.

#10,963
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Innovative Micro Technology has been granted 28 US utility patents between 2015 and 2023, placing Innovative Micro Technology at #10,963 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 30 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in B81C (PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS). As a US Corporation, Innovative Micro Technology is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Innovative sits between IPAR, Llc (28 patents, rank #10,963) and Jiangsu Zhongheng PET Articles Joint-stock Co., Ltd. (28 patents, rank #10,971) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 46.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 8 grants, compared with 20 in the 2015–2019 window, a -60% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Innovative Micro Technology's 17.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 30 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

IPAR

28
Ipsen Bioinnovati…

28
Ironwood Pharmace…

28
Icomera AB

28
Intergraph

28
Japan Atomic Ener…

28
Jiangsu Advanced…

28
Jiangsu Zhongheng…

28
Innovative Micro… ◀

28

What this shows Innovative holds 28 patents at rank #10,967, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Innovative

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,967 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B81C (Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufact…)

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

Innovative's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Innovative Micro Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.7%
2016	7	25.0%
2017	2	7.1%
2018	5	17.9%
2019	3	10.7%
2020	2	7.1%
2021	1	3.6%
2022	4	14.3%
2023	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Innovative Micro Technology patent most?

B81C - PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS 15

B81B - MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES 14

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 6

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 5

H01H - ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES 5

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 3

H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL 3

H04B - TRANSMISSION 3

H10N - ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 3

H03H - IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS 3

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 3

H03B - GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS 2

G01H - MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES 2

B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE 2

C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS 2

Top 15 of 30 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 28 grants

CPC subclasses 30

Avg. claims / grant 17.1

Velocity -60%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#10,963

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Innovative Micro Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Innovative Micro Technology ranks #10,963 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Innovative Micro Technology hold?

Innovative Micro Technology holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Innovative Micro Technology's Innovation Score?

Innovative Micro Technology has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Innovative Micro Technology focus on?

Innovative Micro Technology's top technology area is B81C (PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS) with 15 patents. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Innovative Micro Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Innovative Micro Technology's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Innovative Micro Technology's patents?

Innovative Micro Technology's patents average 17.1 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 Innovative Micro Technology 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.

How to use this portfolio

Innovative's 28 grants land it in the top 20% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Innovative ranks #10,963 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in B81C - see who else leads that technology area. B81C leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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.