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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mikron Industries, Inc. ranks #8,438 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 Mikron Industries, Inc. hold?

Mikron Industries, Inc. holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

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

Mikron Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.1 out of 100 (10th 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 Mikron Industries, Inc. focus on?

Mikron Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles) with 1 patents, ranking #1,585 of 2,540 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

Mikron Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Mikron Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Mikron Industries, Inc.'s patents average 1.4 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 Mikron 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

Mikron Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mikron ranks #8,438 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 3 technology areas.

#8,438
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.1/100): 1.4
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8438 · US Corporation #8,438 · 38 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,438/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH McKesson Financial…
CPC-NARROW B29L · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: McKesson Financial Holdings Unlimited Company (±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 Mikron’s 22.1 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 12.7 pts (57%) Velocity 2.5 pts (11%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 0.9 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Graff Faucets · near

22
Mikron Industries · this assignee

22
ConocoPhillips… · near

22
Canon Marketing Japan · near

22
Guangzhou Faner… · near

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mikron's Innovation Score is 22.1/100 (10th 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 Mikron?

Each dot is one of Mikron’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). Mikron’s own 1.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mikron's grants concentrate

Mikron Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 2.6% of grants classified under B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Mikron sits between McKesson Financial Holdings Unlimited Company and Nalux Co., Ltd..

Mikron's three-year grant acceleration

Mikron Industries, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Mckesson Financia…

38
Medtentia Interna…

38
Merative US

38
Micronas

38
Minimax & KG

38
Morpho Detection

38
Musculoskeletal T…

38
Nalux

38
Mikron Industries ◀

38

What this shows Mikron holds 38 patents at rank #8,443, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mikron

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,443 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mikron, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c), Mikron ranks #1,585 of 2,540 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

ConocoPhillips Surmont Partnership 22 Graff Faucets 22 Guangzhou Faner Aroma Product Co., Ltd. 22 Canon Marketing Japan Kabushiki Kaisha 22

Mikron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mikron Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	39.5%
2016	3	7.9%
2017	8	21.1%
2018	1	2.6%
2019	2	5.3%
2020	6	15.8%
2022	1	2.6%
2023	2	5.3%

Which technologies does Mikron Industries, Inc. patent most?

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 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

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

Mikron Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles), 2.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29L
Ranked #8,438 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mikron Industries, Inc. against McKesson Financial Holdings Unlimited Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.1/100 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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