Where does Miller Weldmaster Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Miller Weldmaster Corporation ranks #20,088 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 Miller Weldmaster Corporation hold?

Miller Weldmaster Corporation holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Miller Weldmaster Corporation's Innovation Score?

Miller Weldmaster Corporation has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Miller Weldmaster Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Miller Weldmaster Corporation's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Miller Weldmaster Corporation's patents?

Miller Weldmaster Corporation's patents average 16.1 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 Miller Weldmaster Corporation 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

Miller Weldmaster Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Miller Weldmaster Corporation focus on?

Miller Weldmaster Corporation's top technology area is 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) with 13 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Miller ranks #20,088 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 12 technology areas.

#20,088
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20088 · US Corporation #20,088 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,088/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Micrel Medical Devices
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Micrel Medical Devices S.A. (±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
Miller Weldmaster · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Miller's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th 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 Miller's grants concentrate

Miller Weldmaster Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Miller sits between Micrel Medical Devices S.A. and Monster Energy Company.

Micrel Medical De…

14
Microfilter

14
Microline Surgical

14
Midwwest Energy E…

14
Mincon Internatio…

14
Miosoft

14
Molonlave Group

14
Monster Energy

14
Miller Weldmaster ◀

14

What this shows Miller holds 14 patents at rank #20,103, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Miller

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,103 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Miller's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Miller Weldmaster Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	21.4%
2016	4	28.6%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Miller Weldmaster Corporation patent most?

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 13

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

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 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 1

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,088

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.3 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

Miller Weldmaster Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Miller Weldmaster Corporation's lead technology class is 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), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #20,088 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Miller Weldmaster Corporation against Micrel Medical Devices S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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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