Where does Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. ranks #36,487 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 Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. hold?

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s patents?

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s patents average 15.4 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. focus on?

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s top technology area is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Midcontinent ranks #36,487 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#36,487
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36487 · US Corporation #36,487 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,487/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Michal Kadar
CPC-NARROW H02J · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Michal Kadar LLC (±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
Midcontinent… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Midcontinent's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 19% 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 Midcontinent's grants concentrate

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Midcontinent sits between Michal Kadar LLC and Millenium Synthfuels Corporation.

Midcontinent's three-year grant acceleration

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Michal Kadar

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Micro-x

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Microchips Biotech

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Mideas

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Midlab

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Milestone Environ…

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Millenium Synthfu…

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What this shows Midcontinent holds 7 patents at rank #36,388, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Midcontinent

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,388 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distribu…)

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

Midcontinent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	14.3%
2022	4	57.1%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. patent most?

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 5

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,487

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.0 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

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02J
Ranked #36,487 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. against Michal Kadar LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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