Where does M Squared Lasers Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), M Squared Lasers Limited ranks #17,870 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 M Squared Lasers Limited hold?

M Squared Lasers Limited holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is M Squared Lasers Limited's Innovation Score?

M Squared Lasers Limited has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is M Squared Lasers Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

M Squared Lasers Limited's recent grant velocity is +120% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for M Squared Lasers Limited's patents?

M Squared Lasers Limited's patents average 27.3 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 M Squared Lasers Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

M Squared Lasers Limited

Q: What technology areas does M Squared Lasers Limited focus on?

M Squared Lasers Limited's top technology area is 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) with 10 patents, ranking #144 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, M ranks #17,870 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.

#17,870
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 27.3
avg claims per patent: +120%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17870 · Foreign Corporation #17,870 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,870/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LogMeln
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +120% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LogMeln, 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 M’s 56.0 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 9.8 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 11.2 pts (20%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
M Squared Lasers · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows M's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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 M?

Each dot is one of M’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). M’s own 27.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where M's grants concentrate

M Squared Lasers Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, M sits between LogMeln, Inc. and Matisa Matériel Industriel S.A..

M's three-year grant acceleration

M Squared Lasers Limited shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Logmeln

16
Loop Now

16
Lubris

16
Lung Biotechnolog…

16
Mafin S R L

16
Marel Salmon A/S

16
Marvel Technology…

16
Matisa Matériel I…

16
M Squared Lasers ◀

16

What this shows M holds 16 patents at rank #17,866, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near M

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,866 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

M's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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M Squared Lasers Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	1	6.3%
2019	1	6.3%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	4	25.0%
2023	3	18.8%
2024	2	12.5%

Which technologies does M Squared Lasers Limited patent most?

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 10

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

C12H - Pasteurisation, Sterilisation, Preservation, Purification, Clarification OR Ageing OF Alcoholic BEVERAGES; Methods FOR Altering THE Alcohol Content OF Fermented Solutions OR Alcoholic Beverages 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 1

Top 10 of 10 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

M Squared Lasers Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

M Squared Lasers Limited's lead technology class is 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), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #17,870 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare M Squared Lasers Limited against LogMeln, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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