Where does MIH Water Treatment, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MIH Water Treatment, Inc. ranks #41,702 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 MIH Water Treatment, Inc. hold?

MIH Water Treatment, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MIH Water Treatment, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.8 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s patents?

MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s patents average 9.0 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 MIH Water Treatment, 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

MIH Water Treatment, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does MIH Water Treatment, Inc. focus on?

MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s top technology area is C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2018. 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: C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MIH ranks #41,702 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#41,702
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.8/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41702 · US Corporation #41,702 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,702/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Midaco
CPC-NARROW C12M · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Midaco Corporation (±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
MIH Water Treatment · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MIH's Innovation Score is 20.8/100 (7th 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.

Where MIH's grants concentrate

MIH Water Treatment, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, MIH sits between Midaco Corporation and Mips Technologies, Inc..

Midaco

6
Midatech Pharma (…

6
Middle Tennessee…

6
Midwest Industria…

6
Millrock Technolo…

6
Mimetogen Pharmac…

6
Minicare B V

6
Mips

6
MIH Water Treatme… ◀

6

What this shows MIH holds 6 patents at rank #41,591, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MIH

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,591 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR Microbiology)

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

MIH's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2018

Grants by year

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

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MIH Water Treatment, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2018	5	83.3%

Which technologies does MIH Water Treatment, Inc. patent most?

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 6

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 4

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 2

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#41,702

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MIH Water Treatment, Inc.'s lead technology class is C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12M
Ranked #41,702 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MIH Water Treatment, Inc. against Midaco Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.8/100 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

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