Where does MLS ACQ, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MLS ACQ, Inc. ranks #11,354 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 MLS ACQ, Inc. hold?

MLS ACQ, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is MLS ACQ, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MLS ACQ, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MLS ACQ, Inc. focus on?

MLS ACQ, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 27 patents, ranking #551 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is MLS ACQ, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MLS ACQ, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +450% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for MLS ACQ, Inc.'s patents?

MLS ACQ, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 MLS ACQ, 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

MLS ACQ, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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, MLS ranks #11,354 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 6 technology areas.

#11,354
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +450%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11354 · US Corporation #11,354 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,354/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Marposs Societa'…
CPC-NARROW G01N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +450% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Marposs Societa' Per Azioni (±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 MLS’s 39.1 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 11.5 pts (29%) Velocity 8.5 pts (22%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Buck Institute FOR… · near

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Jiangmen Jinlong… · near

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MLS ACQ · this assignee

39
Tela Innovations · near

39
ZeniMax Media · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows MLS's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 MLS?

Each dot is one of MLS’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). MLS’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where MLS's grants concentrate

MLS ACQ, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 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 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, MLS sits between Mems Drive, Inc. and Menarini Silicon Biosystems S.p.A..

MLS's three-year grant acceleration

MLS ACQ, Inc. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Mems Drive

27
Micro-epsilon-mes…

27
Microelectronics…

27
Misapplied Scienc…

27
Marposs Societa'…

27
Mclaughlin Gormle…

27
Mcmaster-carr Sup…

27
Menarini Silicon…

27
MLS ACQ ◀

27

What this shows MLS holds 27 patents at rank #11,343, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MLS

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,343 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MLS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), MLS ranks #551 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

ZeniMax Media Inc. 39 Buck Institute FOR Research ON Aging 39 Tela Innovations, Inc. 39 Jiangmen Jinlong High Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. 39

MLS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

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

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MLS ACQ, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	3.7%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	4	14.8%
2021	4	14.8%
2022	5	18.5%
2023	6	22.2%
2024	3	11.1%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does MLS ACQ, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 27

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 6

B01D - Separation 2

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

Top 6 of 6 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

MLS ACQ, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MLS ACQ, Inc.'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 #11,354 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MLS ACQ, Inc. against Mems Drive, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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

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