Where does Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited ranks #12,119 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 Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited hold?

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's Innovation Score?

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited focus on?

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 23 patents, ranking #41 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's recent grant velocity is +30% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's patents?

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's patents average 14.0 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 Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Minelab ranks #12,119 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,119
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12119 · Foreign Corporation #12,119 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,119/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Marty Gilman
CPC-NARROW G01V · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Marty Gilman, Inc. (±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 Minelab’s 43.3 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 11.3 pts (26%) Velocity 15.0 pts (35%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abengoa Solar New · near

43
Autonomix Medical · near

43
Minelab Pty · this assignee

43
Superior Essex… · near

43
uBeam · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Minelab's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% 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 Minelab?

Each dot is one of Minelab’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). Minelab’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 19.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Minelab's grants concentrate

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 92% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Minelab sits between Marty Gilman, Inc. and Molekule Group, Inc..

Minelab's three-year grant acceleration

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Marty Gilman

25
Mediguide

25
Merry

25
Micron

25
Mitsubishi Polyes…

25
Mojix

25
Molecular Templat…

25
Molekule Group

25
Minelab Pty ◀

25

What this shows Minelab holds 25 patents at rank #12,122, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Minelab

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,122 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Minelab, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01V (Geophysics), Minelab ranks #41 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. 43 Autonomix Medical, Inc. 43 uBeam Inc. 43 Superior Essex International Inc. 43

Minelab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	24.0%
2017	3	12.0%
2018	1	4.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	3	12.0%
2022	4	16.0%
2023	1	4.0%
2024	4	16.0%
2025partial year	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 23

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 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

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

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 92% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #12,119 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited against Marty Gilman, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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