Where does Messier-Dowty Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Messier-Dowty Limited ranks #18,894 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 Messier-Dowty Limited hold?

Messier-Dowty Limited holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Messier-Dowty Limited's Innovation Score?

Messier-Dowty Limited has an Innovation Score of 29.2 out of 100 (30th 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 Messier-Dowty Limited focus on?

Messier-Dowty Limited's top technology area is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters) with 13 patents, ranking #106 of 592 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Messier-Dowty Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Messier-Dowty Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Messier-Dowty Limited's patents?

Messier-Dowty Limited's patents average 15.0 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 Messier-Dowty 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

Messier-Dowty Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Messier-dowty ranks #18,894 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,894
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.2/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18894 · Foreign Corporation #18,894 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,894/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Meltz
CPC-NARROW B64C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Meltz, LLC (±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 Messier-dowty’s 29.2 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 9.6 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Messier-Dowty · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Messier-dowty's Innovation Score is 29.2/100 (30th 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 Messier-dowty?

Each dot is one of Messier-dowty’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). Messier-dowty’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Messier-dowty's grants concentrate

Messier-Dowty Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2015. By volume, Messier-dowty sits between Meltz, LLC and Midwestern University.

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15
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15
Menara Networks

15
Mersive

15
Metglas

15
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15
Midori Anzen

15
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15
Messier-dowty ◀

15

What this shows Messier-Dowty holds 15 patents at rank #18,898, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Messier-Dowty

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,898 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64C (Aeroplanes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Messier-Dowty's primary technology class.

Messier-dowty's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Messier-Dowty Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	46.7%
2016	8	53.3%

Which technologies does Messier-Dowty Limited patent most?

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 13

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Messier-Dowty Limited's lead technology class is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64C
Ranked #18,894 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Messier-Dowty Limited against Meltz, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.2/100 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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