Where does Mighton Products Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mighton Products Limited ranks #48,751 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 Mighton Products Limited hold?

Mighton Products Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Mighton Products Limited's Innovation Score?

Mighton Products Limited has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mighton Products Limited focus on?

Mighton Products Limited's top technology area is E05C (Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows) with 4 patents, ranking #85 of 424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mighton Products Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mighton Products Limited's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Mighton Products Limited's patents?

Mighton Products Limited's patents average 33.6 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 Mighton Products Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Mighton Products Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: E05C (Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mighton ranks #48,751 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#48,751
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 33.6
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48751 · Foreign Corporation #48,751 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,751/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Microtech Instruments
CPC-NARROW E05C · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 33.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Microtech Instruments, Inc. (±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 Mighton’s 43.9 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 (14%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 9.4 pts (21%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mighton Products · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mighton's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Mighton?

Each dot is one of Mighton’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). Mighton’s own 33.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mighton's grants concentrate

Mighton Products Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under E05C (Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows). By volume, Mighton sits between Microtech Instruments, Inc. and Miller Manufacturing Company, Inc..

Mighton's three-year grant acceleration

Mighton Products Limited shows 2 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.

Microtech Instrum…

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Miics & Partners

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Mila International

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Miller Manufactur…

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5

What this shows Mighton holds 5 patents at rank #48,861, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mighton

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,861 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05C (Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings)

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

Mighton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Mighton Products Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Mighton Products Limited patent most?

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

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

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

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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

Mighton Products Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mighton Products Limited's lead technology class is E05C (Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05C
Ranked #48,751 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mighton Products Limited against Microtech Instruments, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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