Where does Middleby Marshall Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Middleby Marshall Inc. ranks #22,992 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Middleby Marshall Inc. hold?

Middleby Marshall Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Middleby Marshall Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Middleby Marshall Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.3 out of 100 (top 80% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Middleby Marshall Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Middleby Marshall Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Middleby Marshall Inc.'s patents?

Middleby Marshall Inc.'s patents average 9.8 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 Middleby Marshall 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

Middleby Marshall Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Middleby Marshall Inc. focus on?

Middleby Marshall Inc.'s top technology area is F24C (DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 7 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: F24C (DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Middleby ranks #22,992 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.

#22,992
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 80%
by Innovation Score (26.3/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22992 · US Corporation #22,992 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,992/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH MicroAire Surgical I…
CPC-NARROW F24C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Microaire Surgical Instruments, 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
Middleby Marshall · this assignee

26
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Middleby's Innovation Score is 26.3/100 (top 80% 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 Middleby's grants concentrate

Middleby Marshall Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under F24C (DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Middleby sits between Microaire Surgical Instruments, Llc and Mitchell Repair Information Company, Llc.

Microaire Surgica…

12
Microduino

12
Microwave Materia…

12
Mid-american Guni…

12
Miller Industries…

12
Mirada Medical

12
Mission Microwave

12
Mitchell Repair I…

12
Middleby Marshall ◀

12

What this shows Middleby holds 12 patents at rank #23,006, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Middleby

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,006 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24C (Domestic Stoves OR Ranges)

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

Middleby's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 Top 80% higher than 20% of 50,000 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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Middleby Marshall Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	4	33.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2024	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Middleby Marshall Inc. patent most?

F24C - DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION 7

Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS 2

A21B - BAKERS' OVENS; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING 2

A21D - TREATMENT OF FLOUR OR DOUGH FOR BAKING, e.g. BY ADDITION OF MATERIALS; BAKING; BAKERY PRODUCTS 2

E05Y - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF 1

E05D - HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS 1

E05F - DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,992

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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