Where does Mist Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mist Systems, Inc. ranks #21,459 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 Mist Systems, Inc. hold?

Mist Systems, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Mist Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mist Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mist Systems, Inc. focus on?

Mist Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 13 patents, ranking #1,106 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Mist Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Mist Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Mist Systems, Inc.'s patents average 21.5 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 Mist Systems, 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

Mist Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mist ranks #21,459 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#21,459
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21459 · US Corporation #21,459 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,459/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mindtronic AI
CPC-NARROW H04W · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mindtronic AI Co., Ltd. (±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 Mist’s 29.9 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 9.1 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (26%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mist Systems · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mist's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (33rd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Mist?

Each dot is one of Mist’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). Mist’s own 21.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mist's grants concentrate

Mist Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Mist sits between Mindtronic AI Co., Ltd. and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence.

Mindtronic AI

13
Minerva Project

13
Mipsology SAS

13
Mirror Biologics

13
Mitsubishi Chemic…

13
Mitsubishi Electr…

13
Mixed-signal Devi…

13
Mohamed bin Zayed…

13
Mist Systems ◀

13

What this shows Mist holds 13 patents at rank #21,469, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mist

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,469 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Mist's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

View data table

Mist Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	3	23.1%
2018	3	23.1%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	4	30.8%

Which technologies does Mist Systems, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 13

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

H04B - Transmission 6

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Mist Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #21,459 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mist Systems, Inc. against Mindtronic AI Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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.