Where does MKS Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MKS Technology ranks #32,521 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 MKS Technology hold?

MKS Technology holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is MKS Technology's Innovation Score?

MKS Technology has an Innovation Score of 28.1 out of 100 (26th 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 MKS Technology focus on?

MKS Technology's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 8 patents, ranking #1,791 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is MKS Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MKS Technology's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 MKS Technology's patents?

MKS Technology's patents average 20.3 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 MKS Technology 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

MKS Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MKS ranks #32,521 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#32,521
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.1/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32521 · US Corporation #32,521 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,521/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsuibshi Heavy…
CPC-NARROW G01N · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsuibshi Heavy Industries, 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 MKS’s 28.1 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 (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (12%) Breadth 5.0 pts (18%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MKS Technology · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MKS's Innovation Score is 28.1/100 (26th 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 MKS?

Each dot is one of MKS’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). MKS’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where MKS's grants concentrate

MKS Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, MKS sits between Mitsuibshi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mobophiles, Inc..

MKS's three-year grant acceleration

MKS Technology shows 1 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.

Mitsuibshi Heavy…

8
Mixtron S R L

8
Mizco Internation…

8
Mizuho

8
MLB Advanced Media

8
MMT

8
Mobile Messenger…

8
Mobophiles

8
MKS Technology ◀

8

What this shows MKS holds 8 patents at rank #32,449, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MKS

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,449 in granted patent volume.

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

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

MKS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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MKS Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	2	25.0%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does MKS Technology patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 7

Top 2 of 2 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

MKS Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MKS Technology's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #32,521 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MKS Technology against Mitsuibshi Heavy Industries, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.1/100 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.