Where does Midea America Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Midea America Corp. ranks #18,900 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 Midea America Corp. hold?

Midea America Corp. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Midea America Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Midea America Corp. has an Innovation Score of 23.0 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Midea America Corp. focus on?

Midea America Corp.'s top technology area is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General) with 3 patents, ranking #199 of 516 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Midea America Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Midea America Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Midea America Corp.'s patents?

Midea America Corp.'s patents average 10.5 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 Midea America Corp. 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

Midea America Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Midea ranks #18,900 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 4 technology areas.

#18,900
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.0/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18900 · US Corporation #18,900 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,900/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mertek Industries
CPC-NARROW A47L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mertek Industries, 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.

How Midea’s 23.0 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 9.6 pts (42%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Midea America · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Midea's Innovation Score is 23.0/100 (11th 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 Midea?

Each dot is one of Midea’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). Midea’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Midea's grants concentrate

Midea America Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Midea sits between Mertek Industries, LLC and Myung HWA IND. Co., Ltd..

Mertek Industries

15
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Michael HÖRAUF Ma…

15
Microbial Discove…

15
Mobeus Industries

15
Monkeymedia

15
MP High Tech Solu…

15
Myung HWA IND

15
Midea America ◀

15

What this shows Midea holds 15 patents at rank #18,880, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Midea

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,880 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

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

Midea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

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

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Midea America Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	20.0%
2018	3	20.0%
2019	7	46.7%
2020	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Midea America Corp. patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Midea America Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Midea America Corp.'s lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #18,900 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Midea America Corp. against Mertek Industries, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.0/100 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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