Where does Midwest Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Midwest Industries, Inc. ranks #8,640 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 Midwest Industries, Inc. hold?

Midwest Industries, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Midwest Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Midwest Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.4 out of 100 (20th 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 Midwest Industries, Inc. focus on?

Midwest Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor) with 6 patents, ranking #47 of 225 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Midwest Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Midwest Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Midwest Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Midwest Industries, Inc.'s patents average 5.2 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 Midwest Industries, 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

Midwest Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Midwest ranks #8,640 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 7 technology areas.

#8,640
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.4/100): 5.2
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8640 · US Corporation #8,640 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,640/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Match Group
CPC-NARROW F41C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Match Group, 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 Midwest’s 26.4 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 12.6 pts (48%) Velocity 1.3 pts (5%) Breadth 9.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 3.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fulham · near

26
American Water Works · near

26
Midwest Industries · this assignee

26
Direct Pack · near

26
Shenzhen Guangyipeng… · near

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Midwest's Innovation Score is 26.4/100 (20th 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 Midwest?

Each dot is one of Midwest’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). Midwest’s own 5.2 claims/patent is at or below the 10.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Midwest's grants concentrate

Midwest Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 16.2% of grants classified under F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Midwest sits between Match Group, LLC and Nakanishi Inc..

Midwest's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Midwest Industries, Inc. moved from 20 to 4 grants (0.20x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Match Group

37
Mitsui Chemicals…

37
Miura

37
Medallia

37
Mirati Therapeuti…

37
Moldex-metric

37
Montana State Uni…

37
Nakanishi

37
Midwest Industries ◀

37

What this shows Midwest holds 37 patents at rank #8,641, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Midwest

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,641 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41C (Smallarms)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Midwest, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41C (Smallarms), Midwest ranks #47 of 225 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

American Water Works Company, Inc. 26 Fulham Company Limited 26 Shenzhen Guangyipeng Technology Co., Ltd. 26 Direct Pack, Inc. 26

Midwest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Midwest Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	8.1%
2017	4	10.8%
2018	2	5.4%
2019	7	18.9%
2020	11	29.7%
2021	2	5.4%
2022	2	5.4%
2023	1	2.7%
2024	1	2.7%
2025partial year	4	10.8%

Which technologies does Midwest Industries, Inc. patent most?

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 6

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 5

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 5

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Midwest Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Midwest Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor), 16.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41C
Ranked #8,640 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Midwest Industries, Inc. against Match Group, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.4/100 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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