Where does Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. ranks #18,886 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 Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. hold?

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (36th 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 Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. focus on?

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 14 patents, ranking #1,619 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -85% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.8 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 Megmilk Snow Brand Co., 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

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Megmilk ranks #18,886 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 17 technology areas.

#18,886
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18886 · Foreign Corporation #18,886 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,886/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Material Science
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Material Science Co., Ltd. (±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 Megmilk’s 31.1 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 9.6 pts (31%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 14.6 pts (47%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Megmilk Snow Brand · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Megmilk's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (36th 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 Megmilk?

Each dot is one of Megmilk’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). Megmilk’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 11.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Megmilk's grants concentrate

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Megmilk sits between Material Science Co., Ltd. and Michael HÖRAUF Maschinenfabrik GMBH UND Co. KG.

Megmilk's three-year grant acceleration

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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 Science

15
Mayser

15
Mechanix Wear

15
Medasense Biometr…

15
Merck Kgaa

15
Mertek Industries

15
Metgen OY

15
Michael HÖRAUF Ma…

15
Megmilk Snow Brand ◀

15

What this shows Megmilk holds 15 patents at rank #18,874, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Megmilk

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,874 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Megmilk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2016	2	13.3%
2017	3	20.0%
2018	4	26.7%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 14

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 13

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 13

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 11

C12Y - Enzymes 9

A23K - Fodder 8

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 6

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 6

C07K - Peptides 3

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #18,886 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd. against Material Science Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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