Where does Milgard Manufacturing LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Milgard Manufacturing LLC ranks #10,686 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 Milgard Manufacturing LLC hold?

Milgard Manufacturing LLC holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Milgard Manufacturing LLC's Innovation Score?

Milgard Manufacturing LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Milgard Manufacturing LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Milgard Manufacturing LLC's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Milgard Manufacturing LLC's patents?

Milgard Manufacturing LLC's patents average 15.4 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 Milgard Manufacturing 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

Milgard Manufacturing LLC

Q: What technology areas does Milgard Manufacturing LLC focus on?

Milgard Manufacturing LLC's top technology area is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates) with 25 patents, ranking #34 of 637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Milgard ranks #10,686 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 13 technology areas.

#10,686
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10686 · US Corporation #10,686 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,686/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mbte Holdings…
CPC-FOCUS E06B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mbte Holdings Sweden AB (±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 Milgard’s 37.1 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 11.7 pts (32%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 12.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CBF Networks · near

37
Centre Hospitalier… · near

37
Milgard Manufacturing · this assignee

37
Noble International · near

37
Zerotech (SHENZHEN)… · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Milgard's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 45% 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 Milgard?

Each dot is one of Milgard’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). Milgard’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Milgard's grants concentrate

Milgard Manufacturing LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 86.2% of grants classified under E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Milgard sits between Mbte Holdings Sweden AB and MeMed Diagnostics Ltd..

Milgard's three-year grant acceleration

Milgard Manufacturing LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Mbte Holdings Swe…

29
Mellanox Silicon…

29
Metropolitan Life…

29
Micware

29
Molo Design

29
MSC Software

29
Muehlbauer & KG

29
Memed Diagnostics

29
Milgard Manufactu… ◀

29

What this shows Milgard holds 29 patents at rank #10,682, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Milgard

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,682 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Milgard, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings), Milgard ranks #34 of 637 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille (CHRU) 37 Noble International, Inc. 37 CBF Networks, Inc. 37 Zerotech (SHENZHEN) Intelligence Robot Co., Ltd. 37

Milgard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Milgard Manufacturing LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	17.2%
2016	6	20.7%
2017	4	13.8%
2018	5	17.2%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	3	10.3%
2021	2	6.9%
2022	1	3.4%
2023	1	3.4%
2024	1	3.4%

Which technologies does Milgard Manufacturing LLC patent most?

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 25

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 9

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

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 6

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 3

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 3

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 1

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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Milgard Manufacturing LLC's lead technology class is E06B (Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates), 86.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E06B
Ranked #10,686 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Milgard Manufacturing LLC against Mbte Holdings Sweden AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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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