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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MicroContinuum, Inc. ranks #14,778 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 MicroContinuum, Inc. hold?

MicroContinuum, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is MicroContinuum, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MicroContinuum, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.9 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%).

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

MicroContinuum, 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 MicroContinuum, Inc.'s patents?

MicroContinuum, Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 MicroContinuum, 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

MicroContinuum, Inc.

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

MicroContinuum, Inc.'s top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 10 patents, ranking #607 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 22 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Microcontinuum ranks #14,778 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 22 technology areas.

#14,778
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.9/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14778 · US Corporation #14,778 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,778/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH McLaughlin Group
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: McLaughlin Group, Inc. (±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 Microcontinuum’s 37.9 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 10.5 pts (28%) Velocity 1.5 pts (4%) Breadth 16.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MicroContinuum · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Microcontinuum's Innovation Score is 37.9/100 (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 Microcontinuum?

Each dot is one of Microcontinuum’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). Microcontinuum’s own 15.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Microcontinuum's grants concentrate

MicroContinuum, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Microcontinuum sits between McLaughlin Group, Inc. and Mitobridge, Inc..

Microcontinuum's three-year grant acceleration

MicroContinuum, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Mclaughlin Group

20
Medallion Therape…

20
Melior Innovations

20
Metabasis Therape…

20
Microsemi Storage…

20
Milestone AV

20
Minnesota Imaging…

20
Mitobridge

20
Microcontinuum ◀

20

What this shows MicroContinuum holds 20 patents at rank #14,780, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MicroContinuum

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,780 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Microcontinuum'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 · 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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MicroContinuum, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.0%
2016	2	10.0%
2017	2	10.0%
2018	2	10.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	8	40.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2024	1	5.0%

Which technologies does MicroContinuum, Inc. patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 10

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 9

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 8

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 6

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 6

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 5

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 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

Top 15 of 22 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

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

MicroContinuum, Inc.'s lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #14,778 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MicroContinuum, Inc. against McLaughlin Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.9/100 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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