Where does Micrel Medical Devices S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micrel Medical Devices S.A. ranks #20,081 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 Micrel Medical Devices S.A. hold?

Micrel Medical Devices S.A. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Micrel Medical Devices S.A. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s patents?

Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s patents average 22.5 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 Micrel Medical Devices S.A. 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

Micrel Medical Devices S.A.

Q: What technology areas does Micrel Medical Devices S.A. focus on?

Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 14 patents, ranking #503 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Micrel ranks #20,081 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,081
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 22.5
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20081 · Foreign Corporation #20,081 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,081/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Meyer Products
CPC-NARROW A61M · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Meyer Products, 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.

How Micrel’s 36.2 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 (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 10.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Micrel Medical Devices · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Micrel's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Micrel?

Each dot is one of Micrel’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). Micrel’s own 22.5 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.

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

Where Micrel's grants concentrate

Micrel Medical Devices S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Micrel sits between Meyer Products, LLC and Miller Weldmaster Corporation.

Micrel's three-year grant acceleration

Micrel Medical Devices S.A. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Meyer Products

14
Mina Therapeutics

14
Michelman

14
Michigan Vehicle…

14
Microfilter

14
Microline Surgical

14
Midwwest Energy E…

14
Miller Weldmaster

14
Micrel Medical De… ◀

14

What this shows Micrel holds 14 patents at rank #20,099, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Micrel

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,099 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Micrel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Micrel Medical Devices S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	3	21.4%
2022	1	7.1%
2024	2	14.3%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Micrel Medical Devices S.A. patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 14

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 8

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Micrel Medical Devices S.A.'s lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #20,081 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Micrel Medical Devices S.A. against Meyer Products, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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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