Where does Midatech Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Midatech Ltd. ranks #20,086 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 Midatech Ltd. hold?

Midatech Ltd. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Midatech Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Midatech Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Midatech Ltd. focus on?

Midatech Ltd.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 14 patents, ranking #1,619 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Midatech Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Midatech Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Midatech Ltd.'s patents?

Midatech Ltd.'s patents average 25.9 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 Midatech Ltd. 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

Midatech Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Midatech ranks #20,086 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 14 technology areas.

#20,086
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 25.9
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20086 · Foreign Corporation #20,086 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,086/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Melinta Subsidiary
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Melinta Subsidiary Corp. (±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 Midatech’s 38.9 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 9.4 pts (24%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 13.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Midatech · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Midatech's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 39% 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 Midatech?

Each dot is one of Midatech’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). Midatech’s own 25.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Midatech's grants concentrate

Midatech Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Midatech sits between Melinta Subsidiary Corp. and Mitsui E&S Machinery Co., Ltd..

Midatech's three-year grant acceleration

Midatech Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Melinta Subsidiary

14
Merge Healthcare…

14
Micro-star Int'l

14
Microtec S R L

14
Minima Processor…

14
Miranda & Irmao L…

14
Mirrorcle

14
Mitsui E&S Machin…

14
Midatech ◀

14

What this shows Midatech holds 14 patents at rank #20,052, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Midatech

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,052 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Midatech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Midatech Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	35.7%
2016	2	14.3%
2017	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Midatech Ltd. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 14

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 13

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

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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 2

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

C07K - Peptides 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Midatech Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Midatech Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #20,086 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Midatech Ltd. against Melinta Subsidiary Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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