Where does Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. ranks #48,656 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 Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. hold?

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.'s patents average 17.6 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 Meggitt Defense 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

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. focus on?

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 3 patents, ranking #204 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Meggitt ranks #48,656 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,656
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48656 · US Corporation #48,656 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,656/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medizinisches…
CPC-NARROW F41A · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medizinisches Laserzentrum Luebeck GmbH (±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 Meggitt’s 44.7 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 7.9 pts (18%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (24%)

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What this shows Meggitt's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 Meggitt?

Each dot is one of Meggitt’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). Meggitt’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Meggitt's grants concentrate

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). By volume, Meggitt sits between Medizinisches Laserzentrum Luebeck GmbH and Mentis Services France.

Meggitt's three-year grant acceleration

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Meggitt holds 5 patents at rank #48,814, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Meggitt

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,814 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Meggitt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #48,656 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. against Medizinisches Laserzentrum Luebeck GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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