Where does Miba Frictec GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Miba Frictec GmbH ranks #14,134 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 Miba Frictec GmbH hold?

Miba Frictec GmbH holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Miba Frictec GmbH's Innovation Score?

Miba Frictec GmbH has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Miba Frictec GmbH focus on?

Miba Frictec GmbH's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 21 patents, ranking #81 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Miba Frictec GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Miba Frictec GmbH's recent grant velocity is -9% 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 Miba Frictec GmbH's patents?

Miba Frictec GmbH's patents average 12.2 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 Miba Frictec GmbH 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

Miba Frictec GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Miba ranks #14,134 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 7 technology areas.

#14,134
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14134 · Foreign Corporation #14,134 · 21 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,134/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Malvern Panalytical…
CPC-NARROW F16D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Malvern Panalytical B.V. (±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 Miba’s 38.0 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 10.7 pts (28%) Velocity 10.7 pts (28%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Miba Frictec · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Miba's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Miba?

Each dot is one of Miba’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). Miba’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Miba's grants concentrate

Miba Frictec GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Miba sits between Malvern Panalytical B.V. and Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co., Ltd..

Miba's three-year grant acceleration

Miba Frictec GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Malvern Panalytic…

21
Mara Renewables

21
Maschinenfabrik B…

21
Merichem

21
Microsurgical Tec…

21
Microsoft Licensi…

21
Minesense

21
Mitsubishi Electr…

21
Miba Frictec ◀

21

What this shows Miba holds 21 patents at rank #14,139, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Miba

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,139 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Miba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Miba Frictec GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	14.3%
2017	3	14.3%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	3	14.3%
2020	1	4.8%
2021	1	4.8%
2022	5	23.8%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	2	9.5%

Which technologies does Miba Frictec GmbH patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

C22C - Alloys 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Miba Frictec GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Miba Frictec GmbH's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #14,134 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Miba Frictec GmbH against Malvern Panalytical B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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