Where does Medical Microinstruments, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medical Microinstruments, Inc. ranks #22,961 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 Medical Microinstruments, Inc. hold?

Medical Microinstruments, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Medical Microinstruments, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Medical Microinstruments, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Medical Microinstruments, Inc. focus on?

Medical Microinstruments, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 12 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medical Microinstruments, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Medical Microinstruments, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Medical Microinstruments, Inc.'s patents?

Medical Microinstruments, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Medical Microinstruments, 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

Medical Microinstruments, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medical ranks #22,961 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 4 technology areas.

#22,961
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22961 · US Corporation #22,961 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,961/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maruyama MFG
CPC-NARROW A61B · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maruyama MFG. Co., 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Medical Microinstrum… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medical's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 19% 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.

Where Medical's grants concentrate

Medical Microinstruments, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Medical sits between Maruyama MFG. Co., Inc. and Meissner Filtration Products, Inc..

Medical's three-year grant acceleration

Medical Microinstruments, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Maruyama MFG

12
Materion Newton

12
Maxlinear Asia Si…

12
Media IP

12
Medigene Immunoth…

12
Medipost

12
Meiji University

12
Meissner Filtrati…

12
Medical Microinst… ◀

12

What this shows Medical holds 12 patents at rank #22,934, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medical

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,934 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Medical's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Medical Microinstruments, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	8.3%
2024	8	66.7%
2025partial year	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Medical Microinstruments, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 5

B23H - Working OF Metal BY THE Action OF A High Concentration OF Electric Current ON A Workpiece Using AN Electrode Which Takes THE Place OF A TOOL; Such Working Combined With Other Forms OF Working OF Metal 3

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

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,961

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Medical Microinstruments, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medical Microinstruments, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #22,961 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medical Microinstruments, Inc. against Maruyama MFG. Co., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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