Where does Mitutoyo Europe GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mitutoyo Europe GmbH ranks #32,515 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 Mitutoyo Europe GmbH hold?

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's Innovation Score?

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's patents?

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's patents average 19.0 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 Mitutoyo Europe GmbH 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

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Mitutoyo Europe GmbH focus on?

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 8 patents, ranking #191 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mitutoyo ranks #32,515 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#32,515
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32515 · Foreign Corporation #32,515 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,515/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Minkasu
CPC-NARROW G01B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Minkasu, 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 Mitutoyo’s 36.9 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 7.6 pts (21%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mitutoyo Europe · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mitutoyo's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Mitutoyo?

Each dot is one of Mitutoyo’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). Mitutoyo’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mitutoyo's grants concentrate

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Mitutoyo sits between Minkasu, Inc and Mobile Aspects, Inc..

Mitutoyo's three-year grant acceleration

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH shows 3 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.

Minkasu

8
Miracor Medical S…

8
Miromatrix Medical

8
Mission Produce

8
Mivalife Mobile T…

8
Mizuno USA

8
Mo-sys Engineering

8
Mobile Aspects

8
Mitutoyo Europe ◀

8

What this shows Mitutoyo holds 8 patents at rank #32,533, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mitutoyo

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,533 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Mitutoyo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mitutoyo Europe GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	37.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Mitutoyo Europe GmbH patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mitutoyo Europe GmbH's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #32,515 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mitutoyo Europe GmbH against Minkasu, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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

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