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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Milton Industries, Inc. ranks #26,864 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 Milton Industries, Inc. hold?

Milton Industries, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

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

Milton Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.2 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Milton Industries, Inc. focus on?

Milton Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof) with 2 patents, ranking #325 of 574 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

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

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

Milton Industries, Inc.'s patents average 4.3 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 Milton 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

Milton Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Milton ranks #26,864 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#26,864
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 4.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26864 · US Corporation #26,864 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,864/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mikroscan
CPC-NARROW F02M · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mikroscan Technologies (±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 Milton’s 40.2 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 8.3 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (50%) Breadth 9.4 pts (23%) Claim depth 2.6 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Milton Industries · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Milton's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (top 36% 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 Milton?

Each dot is one of Milton’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). Milton’s own 4.3 claims/patent is at or below the 19.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Milton's grants concentrate

Milton Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Milton sits between Mikroscan Technologies and Mirametrix Inc..

Milton's three-year grant acceleration

Milton Industries, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Mikroscan

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Milliard Enterpri…

10
Millibatt

10
Milspec Enterpris…

10
Minerva Neuroscie…

10
Miovision Incorpo…

10
Miraisens

10
Mirametrix

10
Milton Industries ◀

10

What this shows Milton holds 10 patents at rank #26,890, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Milton

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,890 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible…)

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

Milton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Milton Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	5	50.0%
2025partial year	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Milton Industries, Inc. patent most?

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B01D - Separation 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Milton Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02M
Ranked #26,864 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Milton Industries, Inc. against Mikroscan Technologies, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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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