Where does Maxton Engineering Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Maxton Engineering Ltd. ranks #20,060 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 Maxton Engineering Ltd. hold?

Maxton Engineering Ltd. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Maxton Engineering Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (30th 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 Maxton Engineering Ltd. focus on?

Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s top technology area is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges) with 4 patents, ranking #81 of 410 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s patents?

Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s patents average 11.1 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 Maxton Engineering Ltd. 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

Maxton Engineering Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Maxton ranks #20,060 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 6 technology areas.

#20,060
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20060 · Foreign Corporation #20,060 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,060/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Matco Tools
CPC-NARROW B62B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Matco Tools Corporation (±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 Maxton’s 29.1 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 9.4 pts (32%) Velocity 4.4 pts (15%) Breadth 8.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Maxton Engineering · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Maxton's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (30th 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 Maxton?

Each dot is one of Maxton’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). Maxton’s own 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 13.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Maxton's grants concentrate

Maxton Engineering Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Maxton sits between Matco Tools Corporation and Melinta Subsidiary Corp..

Maxton's three-year grant acceleration

Maxton Engineering Ltd. shows 4 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.

Matco Tools

14
Mathys Bettlach

14
Maxell Izumi

14
Maxon Internation…

14
Mayeaux Holding

14
Mccloskey Interna…

14
Mean Well (Guangz…

14
Melinta Subsidiary

14
Maxton Engineering ◀

14

What this shows Maxton holds 14 patents at rank #20,044, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Maxton

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,044 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles)

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

Maxton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Maxton Engineering Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.1%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	1	7.1%
2023	3	21.4%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Maxton Engineering Ltd. patent most?

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 4

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 4

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

A45B - Walking Sticks ; UMBRELLAS; Ladies' OR Like Fans 1

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Maxton Engineering Ltd.'s lead technology class is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62B
Ranked #20,060 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Maxton Engineering Ltd. against Matco Tools Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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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