Where does MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. ranks #14,136 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 MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. hold?

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.9 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.'s patents?

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 MicroSurgical Technology, 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

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.

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

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 21 patents, ranking #308 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Microsurgical ranks #14,136 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 3 technology areas.

#14,136
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14136 · US Corporation #14,136 · 21 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,136/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mara Renewables
CPC-NARROW A61F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mara Renewables Corporation (±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 Microsurgical’s 34.9 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 10.7 pts (31%) Velocity 8.9 pts (26%) Breadth 6.1 pts (17%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MicroSurgical… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Microsurgical's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th percentile 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 Microsurgical?

Each dot is one of Microsurgical’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). Microsurgical’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Microsurgical's grants concentrate

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Microsurgical sits between Mara Renewables Corporation and Monument Peak Ventures, LLC.

Microsurgical's three-year grant acceleration

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. shows 8 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.

Mara Renewables

21
Maschinenfabrik B…

21
Merichem

21
Miba Frictec

21
Microsoft Licensi…

21
Minesense

21
Mitsubishi Electr…

21
Monument Peak Ven…

21
Microsurgical Tec… ◀

21

What this shows MicroSurgical holds 21 patents at rank #14,140, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MicroSurgical

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,140 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Microsurgical's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2016	1	4.8%
2017	1	4.8%
2018	4	19.0%
2019	2	9.5%
2020	1	4.8%
2021	3	14.3%
2022	4	19.0%
2023	4	19.0%

Which technologies does MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 21

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 17

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 4

Top 3 of 3 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

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

MicroSurgical Technology, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #14,136 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. against Mara Renewables Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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

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