Where does Mems Drive, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mems Drive, Inc. ranks #11,343 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 Mems Drive, Inc. hold?

Mems Drive, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Mems Drive, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mems Drive, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.9 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 Mems Drive, Inc. focus on?

Mems Drive, Inc.'s top technology area is B81B (Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices) with 22 patents, ranking #24 of 372 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mems Drive, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mems Drive, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -77% 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 Mems Drive, Inc.'s patents?

Mems Drive, Inc.'s patents average 12.8 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 Mems Drive, 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

Mems Drive, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: B81B (Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mems ranks #11,343 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 11 technology areas.

#11,343
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11343 · US Corporation #11,343 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,343/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magna Closures S P A
CPC-FOCUS B81B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magna Closures S.P.A. (±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 Mems’s 30.9 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 11.5 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Raptor · near

31
BRRR! · near

31
Mems Drive · this assignee

31
Seiko Precision · near

31
Balsam International… · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mems's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (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 Mems?

Each dot is one of Mems’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). Mems’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mems's grants concentrate

Mems Drive, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 81.5% of grants classified under B81B (Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Mems sits between Magna Closures S.P.A. and MLS ACQ, Inc..

Magna Closures S…

27
Manitowoc Foodser…

27
Mavig

27
Medal Sports (Tai…

27
Micro-epsilon-mes…

27
Microelectronics…

27
Misapplied Scienc…

27
MLS ACQ

27
Mems Drive ◀

27

What this shows Mems holds 27 patents at rank #11,339, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mems

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,339 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B81B (Microstructural Devices OR Systems)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mems, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B81B (Microstructural Devices OR Systems), Mems ranks #24 of 372 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Seiko Precision Inc. 31 BRRR! Inc. 31 Balsam International Unlimited Company 31 Raptor Technologies LLC 31

Mems'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 · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mems Drive, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.7%
2017	7	25.9%
2018	4	14.8%
2019	10	37.0%
2020	3	11.1%
2021	2	7.4%

Which technologies does Mems Drive, Inc. patent most?

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 22

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Mems Drive, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mems Drive, Inc.'s lead technology class is B81B (Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices), 81.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B81B
Ranked #11,343 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mems Drive, Inc. against Magna Closures S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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

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