Where does Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC ranks #48,746 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 Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC hold?

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC's Innovation Score?

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC has an Innovation Score of 18.6 out of 100 (5th 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 Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC focus on?

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC's top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 2 patents, ranking #227 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC's patents?

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC's patents average 10.4 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.

How is the Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC 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

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2021. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Midnight ranks #48,746 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#48,746
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.6/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48746 · US Corporation #48,746 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,746/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Microprogram…
CPC-NARROW B67D · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2021 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Microprogram Information Co., 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.

How Midnight’s 18.6 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 6.2 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NovoAmi B V · near

19
Midnight Madness… · this assignee

19
Anhui Inno-Sign… · near

19
Fall Creek Farm and… · near

19
Viking Solutions · near

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Midnight's Innovation Score is 18.6/100 (5th 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 Midnight?

Each dot is one of Midnight’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). Midnight’s own 10.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Midnight's grants concentrate

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Midnight sits between Microprogram Information Co., Ltd. and Mikasa Sangyo Co., Ltd..

Microprogram Info…

5
Microscan Systems

5
Microsystems

5
Microtechnologies

5
Midwest Apple Imp…

5
Migal Galilee Res…

5
Miguel Torres

5
Mikasa Sangyo

5
Midnight Madness… ◀

5

What this shows Midnight holds 5 patents at rank #48,633, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Midnight

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,633 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Midnight, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B67D (Dispensing), Midnight ranks #227 of 469 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (19 here).

NovoAmi B.V. 19 Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. 19 Anhui Inno-Sign International Co., Ltd. 19 Viking Solutions, LLC 19

Midnight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2021

Grants by year

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

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Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	4	80.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC's lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #48,746 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Midnight Madness Distilling, LLC against Microprogram Information Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.6/100 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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