Where does Material Handling Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Material Handling Systems, Inc. ranks #13,546 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 Material Handling Systems, Inc. hold?

Material Handling Systems, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Material Handling Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Material Handling Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.6 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Material Handling Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Material Handling Systems, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Material Handling Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Material Handling Systems, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 Material Handling Systems, 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

Material Handling Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Material Handling Systems, Inc. focus on?

Material Handling Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 15 patents, ranking #128 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Material ranks #13,546 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 10 technology areas.

#13,546
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.6/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13546 · US Corporation #13,546 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,546/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mansfield Engineered…
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mansfield Engineered Components, LLC (±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 Material’s 49.6 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 10.8 pts (22%) Velocity 17.8 pts (36%) Breadth 11.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Material Handling… · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Material's Innovation Score is 49.6/100 (top 14% 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 Material?

Each dot is one of Material’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). Material’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Material's grants concentrate

Material Handling Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 68.2% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Material sits between Morgan Solar Inc. and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc..

Material's three-year grant acceleration

Material Handling Systems, Inc. shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Morgan Solar

22
Moriroku Technolo…

22
Mansfield Enginee…

22
Marshall Universi…

22
Mattel-mega Holdi…

22
Mcgard

22
Mcneil-ppc

22
Mendel Biotechnol…

22
Material Handling… ◀

22

What this shows Material holds 22 patents at rank #13,552, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Material

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,552 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Material's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Material Handling Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	4.5%
2021	5	22.7%
2022	4	18.2%
2023	7	31.8%
2024	5	22.7%

Which technologies does Material Handling Systems, Inc. patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 15

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 10

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

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 1

B01D - Separation 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 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

Material Handling Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Material Handling Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 68.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #13,546 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Material Handling Systems, Inc. against Morgan Solar Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.6/100 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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