Where does MBL Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MBL Limited ranks #32,449 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 MBL Limited hold?

MBL Limited holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is MBL Limited's Innovation Score?

MBL Limited has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MBL Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MBL Limited's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for MBL Limited's patents?

MBL 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 MBL 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

MBL Limited

Q: What technology areas does MBL Limited focus on?

MBL Limited's top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 6 patents, ranking #707 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MBL ranks #32,449 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#32,449
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 27.3
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32449 · Foreign Corporation #32,449 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,449/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Material Girl
CPC-NARROW G05B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Material Girl 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 MBL’s 43.2 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 7.6 pts (18%) Velocity 10.0 pts (23%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MBL · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MBL's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 MBL?

Each dot is one of MBL’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). MBL’s own 27.3 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.

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

Where MBL's grants concentrate

MBL Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, MBL sits between Material Girl Inc and Medherent, LLC.

MBL's three-year grant acceleration

MBL Limited shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Material Girl

8
Matsui MFG

8
Maxio Technology…

8
Maxst

8
Mctech

8
Meccanica Breganz…

8
Medamerica Data S…

8
Medherent

8
MBL ◀

8

What this shows MBL holds 8 patents at rank #32,413, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MBL

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,413 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

MBL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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MBL Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	2	25.0%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does MBL Limited patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 5

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

B01D - Separation 2

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

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MBL Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MBL Limited's lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #32,449 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MBL Limited against Material Girl Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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