Where does MLS Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MLS Co., Ltd. ranks #41,737 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 Co., Ltd. hold?

MLS Co., Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is MLS Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

MLS Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 20.3 out of 100 (7th 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 MLS Co., Ltd. focus on?

MLS Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles) with 2 patents, ranking #1,073 of 2,540 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is MLS Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MLS Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 MLS Co., Ltd.'s patents?

MLS Co., Ltd.'s patents average 3.0 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 MLS Co., Ltd. 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

MLS Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MLS ranks #41,737 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#41,737
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.3/100): 3.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41737 · Foreign Corporation #41,737 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,737/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mixi
CPC-FOCUS B29L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mixi, 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 MLS’s 20.3 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 6.7 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (58%) Claim depth 1.8 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MLS · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MLS's Innovation Score is 20.3/100 (7th 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 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 3.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where MLS's grants concentrate

MLS Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles). By volume, MLS sits between Mixi, Inc. and Modjaw.

Mixi

6
MJ Stewart Invest…

6
MJP Innovations

6
ML Technology

6
MMJ Labs

6
Mobiwork

6
Modernica

6
Modjaw

6
MLS ◀

6

What this shows MLS holds 6 patents at rank #41,609, 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 #41,609 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c)

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

MLS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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MLS Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	2	33.3%

Which technologies does MLS Co., Ltd. patent most?

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MLS Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MLS Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29L
Ranked #41,737 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MLS Co., Ltd. against Mixi, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.3/100 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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