Where does MKW Alloy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MKW Alloy, Inc. ranks #8,077 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 MKW Alloy, Inc. hold?

MKW Alloy, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 0 technology areas.

What is MKW Alloy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MKW Alloy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.4 out of 100 (10th 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 MKW Alloy, Inc. focus on?

MKW Alloy, Inc. holds grants across 0 technology areas classified under the Cooperative Patent Classification system.

Is MKW Alloy, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for MKW Alloy, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for MKW Alloy, Inc.'s patents?

MKW Alloy, Inc.'s patents average 1.0 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 MKW Alloy, 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

MKW Alloy, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 0 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.

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MKW ranks #8,077 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 0 technology areas.

#8,077
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.4/100): 1.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8077 · US Corporation #8,077 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,077/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Machine Zone
CPC-UNK CPC blank
INNOV-THIN 22.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 8/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Machine Zone 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 MKW’s 22.4 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 12.8 pts (57%) Velocity 9.0 pts (40%) Breadth 0.0 pts (0%) Claim depth 0.6 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Roost · near

22
Point Source Audio · near

22
ARK Therapeutic… · near

22
MKW Alloy · this assignee

22
Korea Ocean… · near

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MKW's Innovation Score is 22.4/100 (10th 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 MKW?

Each dot is one of MKW’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). MKW’s own 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where MKW's grants concentrate

MKW Alloy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2020 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2024. By volume, MKW sits between Mcwane, Inc. and Marelli Corporation.

MKW's three-year grant acceleration

MKW Alloy, Inc. shows 23 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Mcwane

40
Measurement Speci…

40
Michigan Technolo…

40
Mitsubishi Electr…

40
MRI Interventions

40
Mackay Memorial H…

40
Machine Zone

40
Marelli

40
MKW Alloy ◀

40

What this shows MKW holds 40 patents at rank #8,072, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MKW

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,072 in granted patent volume.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MKW, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

ARK Therapeutic Services, Inc. 22 Point Source Audio, Inc. 22 Roost LLC 22 Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute 22

MKW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% 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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MKW Alloy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	12	30.0%
2021	5	12.5%
2022	11	27.5%
2023	9	22.5%
2024	3	7.5%

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

MKW Alloy, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ranked #8,077 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MKW Alloy, Inc. against Mcwane, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.4/100 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.