Where does Micatu Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micatu Inc. ranks #21,446 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Micatu Inc. hold?

Micatu Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Micatu Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Micatu Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.5 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Micatu Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Micatu Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Micatu Inc.'s patents?

Micatu Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Micatu 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

Micatu Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Micatu Inc. focus on?

Micatu Inc.'s top technology area is G01R (MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: G01R (MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Micatu ranks #21,446 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 21 technology areas.

#21,446
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.5/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21446 · US Corporation #21,446 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,446/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH METALLO BELGIUM
CPC-FOCUS G01R · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metallo Belgium (±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
Micatu · this assignee

38
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Micatu's Innovation Score is 38.5/100 (top 41% 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 Micatu's grants concentrate

Micatu Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under G01R (MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Micatu sits between Metallo Belgium and Microtransponder, Inc..

Metallo Belgium

13
Metanoia Communic…

13
Metrc

13
MGMD Brainpower

13
Microbios

13
Microflor

13
Microfluidics Int…

13
Microtransponder

13
Micatu ◀

13

What this shows Micatu holds 13 patents at rank #21,418, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Micatu

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,418 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Micatu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Micatu Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	6	46.2%
2020	4	30.8%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Micatu Inc. patent most?

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 7

G01H - MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES 4

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 3

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 1

G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE 1

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 1

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 1

G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES 1

H02H - EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS 1

G02F - OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS 1

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 1

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 1

F03D - WIND MOTORS 1

F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,446

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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