Where does MillerKnoll, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MillerKnoll, Inc. ranks #3,352 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 MillerKnoll, Inc. hold?

MillerKnoll, Inc. holds 111 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is MillerKnoll, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MillerKnoll, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.8 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MillerKnoll, Inc. focus on?

MillerKnoll, Inc.'s top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 15 patents, ranking #46 of 728 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for MillerKnoll, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for MillerKnoll, Inc.'s patents?

MillerKnoll, Inc.'s patents average 6.5 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 MillerKnoll, 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

MillerKnoll, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 111 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Millerknoll ranks #3,352 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 111 patents across 34 technology areas.

#3,352
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.8/100): 6.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3352 · US Corporation #3,352 · 111 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 111 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,352/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Janssen Sciences…
CPC-FOCUS A47C · 34 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Janssen Sciences Ireland UC (±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 Millerknoll’s 60.8 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 16.3 pts (27%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 20.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Evident · near

61
Brose Fahrzeugteile… · near

61
Cognex · near

61
MillerKnoll · this assignee

61
Dish L L C · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Millerknoll's Innovation Score is 60.8/100 (top 3% 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 Millerknoll?

Each dot is one of Millerknoll’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). Millerknoll’s own 6.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Millerknoll's grants concentrate

MillerKnoll, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 13.5% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (32 grants) versus a trough of 24 in 2022. By volume, Millerknoll sits between Janssen Sciences Ireland UC and S.V.V. Technology Innovations, Inc..

Millerknoll's three-year grant acceleration

MillerKnoll, Inc. shows 85 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Janssen Sciences…

111
Kulicke and Soffa…

111
Macneil IP

111
Musc Foundation f…

111
Neuropace

111
PTC Therapeutics

111
ROM

111
S V V Technology…

111
Millerknoll ◀

111

What this shows MillerKnoll holds 111 patents at rank #3,353, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MillerKnoll

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,353 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MillerKnoll, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47C (Chairs), MillerKnoll ranks #46 of 728 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Cognex Corporation 61 Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg 61 Evident Corporation 61 Dish Technologies L.L.C. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.5 here).

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 6.5 avg Honda Access Corp. 6.5 avg Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. 6.5 avg Aliphcom 6.5 avg

Millerknoll's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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MillerKnoll, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	24	21.6%
2023	32	28.8%
2024	29	26.1%
2025partial year	26	23.4%

Which technologies does MillerKnoll, Inc. patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 15

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 9

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

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 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 15 of 34 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

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

MillerKnoll, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 13.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #3,352 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MillerKnoll, Inc. against Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.8/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.