Where does Mistras Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mistras Group, Inc. ranks #16,202 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 Mistras Group, Inc. hold?

Mistras Group, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Mistras Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mistras Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.8 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mistras Group, Inc. focus on?

Mistras Group, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 14 patents, ranking #1,082 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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

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

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

Mistras Group, Inc.'s patents average 21.9 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 Mistras Group, 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

Mistras Group, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mistras ranks #16,202 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 23 technology areas.

#16,202
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16202 · US Corporation #16,202 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,202/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Michael Weinig
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Michael Weinig AG (±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 Mistras’s 50.8 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 10.2 pts (20%) Velocity 10.5 pts (21%) Breadth 17.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Mistras Group · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Mistras's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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 Mistras?

Each dot is one of Mistras’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). Mistras’s own 21.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 21.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mistras's grants concentrate

Mistras Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Mistras sits between Michael Weinig AG and Morris & Associates, Inc..

Mistras's three-year grant acceleration

Mistras Group, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Michael Weinig

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Mistras Group ◀

18

What this shows Mistras holds 18 patents at rank #16,205, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mistras

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,205 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Mistras's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Mistras Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	5.6%
2021	6	33.3%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	4	22.2%
2024	5	27.8%

Which technologies does Mistras Group, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F03D - Wind Motors 2

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

Top 15 of 23 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

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

Mistras Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #16,202 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mistras Group, Inc. against Michael Weinig AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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.