Where does Michelman, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Michelman, Inc. ranks #20,079 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 Michelman, Inc. hold?

Michelman, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Michelman, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Michelman, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Michelman, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Michelman, Inc.'s patents?

Michelman, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Michelman, 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

Michelman, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Michelman, Inc. focus on?

Michelman, Inc.'s top technology area is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor) with 11 patents, ranking #276 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Michelman ranks #20,079 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 14 technology areas.

#20,079
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20079 · US Corporation #20,079 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,079/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metrasens
CPC-FOCUS C09D · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metrasens Limited (±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 Michelman’s 38.6 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 9.4 pts (24%) Velocity 4.0 pts (10%) Breadth 13.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Michelman · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Michelman's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 Michelman?

Each dot is one of Michelman’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). Michelman’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Michelman's grants concentrate

Michelman, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Michelman sits between Metrasens Limited and Microline Surgical, Inc..

Michelman's three-year grant acceleration

Michelman, Inc. shows 3 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.

Metrasens

14
Metrospec Technol…

14
Meyer Products

14
Mina Therapeutics

14
Michigan Vehicle…

14
Micrel Medical De…

14
Microfilter

14
Microline Surgical

14
Michelman ◀

14

What this shows Michelman holds 14 patents at rank #20,097, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Michelman

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,097 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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

Michelman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Michelman, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2016	1	7.1%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	3	21.4%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	4	28.6%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Michelman, Inc. patent most?

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 11

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Michelman, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Michelman, Inc.'s lead technology class is C09D (Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materi), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #20,079 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Michelman, Inc. against Metrasens Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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