Where does Moen Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Moen Incorporated ranks #5,173 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 Moen Incorporated hold?

Moen Incorporated holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Moen Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Moen Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 38.5 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Moen Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Moen Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Moen Incorporated's patents?

Moen Incorporated's patents average 11.6 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 Moen Incorporated 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

Moen Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Moen Incorporated focus on?

Moen Incorporated's top technology area is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks) with 30 patents. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Moen ranks #5,173 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 23 technology areas.

#5,173
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.5/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5173 · US Corporation #5,173 · 67 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,173/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lumentum Japan
CPC-FOCUS E03C · 23 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lumentum Japan, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intellikine · near

39
Maui Imaging · near

39
Moen Incorporated · this assignee

39
Neuwave Medical · near

39
Tensorcom · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Moen's Innovation Score is 38.5/100 (top 41% 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.

Where Moen's grants concentrate

Moen Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 44.8% of grants classified under E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Moen sits between Lumentum Japan, Inc. and Optos PLC.

Lumentum Japan

67
Mabuchi Motor

67
Minerva Surgical

67
Magna Powertrain

67
NCS Multistage

67
National Universi…

67
Oncotherapy Scien…

67
Optos

67
Moen Incorporated ◀

67

What this shows Moen holds 67 patents at rank #5,173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Moen

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,173 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Maui Imaging, Inc. 39 Neuwave Medical, Inc. 39 Tensorcom, Inc. 39 Intellikine LLC 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.6 here).

The Quaker Oats Company 11.6 avg Exelixis, Inc. 11.6 avg Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. 11.6 avg Arcadyan Technology Corporation 11.6 avg

Moen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Moen Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	28.4%
2016	8	11.9%
2017	14	20.9%
2018	14	20.9%
2019	9	13.4%
2020	2	3.0%
2021	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Moen Incorporated patent most?

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 30

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 6

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 4

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

A47H - Furnishings FOR Windows OR Doors 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 1

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,173

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Moen Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Moen Incorporated's lead technology class is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks), 44.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E03C
Ranked #5,173 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Moen Incorporated against Lumentum Japan, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.5/100 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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