Where does Micro Matic A/s rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micro Matic A/s ranks #22,984 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 Micro Matic A/s hold?

Micro Matic A/s holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Micro Matic A/s's Innovation Score?

Micro Matic A/s has an Innovation Score of 26.0 out of 100 (top 81% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Micro Matic A/s's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Micro Matic A/s's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Micro Matic A/s's patents?

Micro Matic A/s's patents average 11.7 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 Micro Matic 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

Micro Matic A/s

Q: What technology areas does Micro Matic A/s focus on?

Micro Matic A/s's top technology area is B67D (DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: B67D (DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Micro ranks #22,984 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 5 technology areas.

#22,984
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 81%
by Innovation Score (26.0/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22984 · Foreign Corporation #22,984 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,984/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH MERSEN FRANCE SB SAS
CPC-NARROW B67D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mersen France SB SAS (±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
Micro Matic A/s · this assignee

26
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Micro's Innovation Score is 26.0/100 (top 81% 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 Micro's grants concentrate

Micro Matic A/s is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under B67D (DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Micro sits between Mersen France SB SAS and Millipede, Inc..

Mersen France SB…

12
Metabank

12
Metalysis

12
MHI Health Devices

12
Micronics

12
Microrganic

12
Microtek Laborato…

12
Millipede

12
Micro Matic A/S ◀

12

What this shows Micro holds 12 patents at rank #22,947, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Micro

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,947 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Micro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 Top 81% higher than 19% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Micro Matic A/s patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2017	2	16.7%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	4	33.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Micro Matic A/s patent most?

B67D - DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 7

F17C - VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING 1

B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL 1

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,984

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.0 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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