Where does MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S ranks #11,005 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 MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S hold?

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's Innovation Score?

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S has an Innovation Score of 39.6 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's recent grant velocity is -44% 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 MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's patents?

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's patents average 15.9 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 MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S 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

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S

Q: What technology areas does MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S focus on?

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 27 patents, ranking #567 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 27 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MHI ranks #11,005 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 27 technology areas.

#11,005
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.6/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11005 · Foreign Corporation #11,005 · 28 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,005/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Matrixed Reality…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 27 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Matrixed Reality Technology 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 MHI’s 39.6 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 11.6 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.4 pts (46%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Genapsys · near

40
MHI Vestas Offshore… · this assignee

40
Samet Kalip Ve… · near

40
Source Photonics… · near

40
Tibco Software · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MHI's Innovation Score is 39.6/100 (top 38% 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 MHI?

Each dot is one of MHI’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). MHI’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where MHI's grants concentrate

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 96.4% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, MHI sits between Matrixed Reality Technology Co., Ltd. and Moldino Tool Engineering, Ltd..

Matrixed Reality…

28
Maxcyte

28
Mckinsey &

28
Medrx

28
Microbial Chemist…

28
Mineral Earth Sci…

28
Mizkan Holdings

28
Moldino Tool Engi…

28
MHI Vestas Offsho… ◀

28

What this shows MHI holds 28 patents at rank #10,996, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MHI

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,996 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MHI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), MHI ranks #567 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Samet Kalip Ve Madeni Esya San Ve Tic. A.S. 40 Genapsys, Inc. 40 Source Photonics (CHENGDU) Company, Ltd. 40 Tibco Software Inc. 40

MHI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% 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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MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.6%
2017	6	21.4%
2018	5	17.9%
2019	6	21.4%
2020	5	17.9%
2021	5	17.9%

Which technologies does MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 27

F03D - Wind Motors 27

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 26

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 5

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 2

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

Top 15 of 27 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

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 96.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #11,005 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S against Matrixed Reality Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.6/100 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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