Where does Microtech Knives, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Microtech Knives, Inc. ranks #2,971 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 Microtech Knives, Inc. hold?

Microtech Knives, Inc. holds 128 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Microtech Knives, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Microtech Knives, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Microtech Knives, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +629% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Microtech Knives, Inc.'s patents?

Microtech Knives, Inc.'s patents average 4.9 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 Microtech Knives, 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

Microtech Knives, Inc.

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

Microtech Knives, Inc.'s top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 20 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 128 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Microtech ranks #2,971 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 128 patents across 6 technology areas.

#2,971
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 4.9
avg claims per patent: +629%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2971 · US Corporation #2,971 · 128 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 128 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,971/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ichikoh Industries
CPC-NARROW B26B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +629% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd. (±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
Clariant Produkte… · near

38
Microtech Knives · this assignee

38
National Presto… · near

38
REG Life Sciences · near

38
xAd · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Microtech's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Microtech's grants concentrate

Microtech Knives, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 15.6% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (40 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Microtech sits between Ideal Industries, Inc. and Radio Systems Corporation.

Microtech's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Microtech Knives, Inc. moved from 46 to 64 grants (1.39x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #528. See the growth leaderboard.

Ideal Industries

128
Ichikoh Industries

128
K&N Engineering

128
Luminar

128
NCR Voyix

128
Netease (Hangzhou…

128
New England Biola…

128
Radio Systems

128
Microtech Knives ◀

128

What this shows Microtech holds 128 patents at rank #2,971, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Microtech

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,971 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Microtech, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

National Presto Industries, Inc. 38 xAd, Inc. 38 Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH 38 REG Life Sciences, LLC 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.9 here).

Yeti Coolers, LLC 4.9 avg Telebrands Corp. 4.9 avg Decathlon 4.9 avg Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd 4.9 avg

Microtech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Microtech Knives, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	0.8%
2018	5	3.9%
2019	8	6.3%
2020	20	15.6%
2021	18	14.1%
2022	2	1.6%
2023	40	31.3%
2024	22	17.2%
2025partial year	12	9.4%

Which technologies does Microtech Knives, Inc. patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 6

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 1

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,971

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Microtech Knives, Inc.'s lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 15.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #2,971 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Microtech Knives, Inc. against Ideal Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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