Where does MGI Coutier rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MGI Coutier ranks #36,468 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 MGI Coutier hold?

MGI Coutier holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is MGI Coutier's Innovation Score?

MGI Coutier has an Innovation Score of 30.2 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MGI Coutier's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MGI Coutier'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 MGI Coutier's patents?

MGI Coutier's patents average 15.6 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 MGI Coutier 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

MGI Coutier

Q: What technology areas does MGI Coutier focus on?

MGI Coutier's top technology area is F01M (Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F01M (Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MGI ranks #36,468 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#36,468
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36468 · Foreign Corporation #36,468 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,468/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metal Forming &…
CPC-FOCUS F01M · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metal Forming & Coining, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MGI Coutier · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MGI's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (34th 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.

Where MGI's grants concentrate

MGI Coutier is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under F01M (Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, MGI sits between Metal Forming & Coining, LLC and Michal Kadar LLC.

Metal Forming & C…

7
Methodical Mind

7
Metryx

7
MG Stroke Analyti…

7
MGI France

7
MHE

7
MHS Care-innovati…

7
Michal Kadar

7
MGI Coutier ◀

7

What this shows MGI holds 7 patents at rank #36,380, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MGI

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,380 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F01M (Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN General)

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

MGI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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MGI Coutier patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	4	57.1%

Which technologies does MGI Coutier patent most?

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,468

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.2 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

MGI Coutier's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MGI Coutier's lead technology class is F01M (Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F01M
Ranked #36,468 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MGI Coutier against Metal Forming & Coining, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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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