Where does Moldex-Metric, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Moldex-Metric, Inc. ranks #8,644 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 Moldex-Metric, Inc. hold?

Moldex-Metric, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Moldex-Metric, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.4 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s patents?

Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s patents average 10.5 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 Moldex-Metric, 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

Moldex-Metric, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Moldex-Metric, Inc. focus on?

Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 13 patents, ranking #502 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Moldex-metric ranks #8,644 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 17 technology areas.

#8,644
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.4/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8644 · US Corporation #8,644 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,644/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medallia
CPC-FOCUS A61F · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medallia, 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 Moldex-metric’s 53.4 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 12.6 pts (24%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 14.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Envoy Medical · near

53
Idemia Identity &… · near

53
JSW Aktina System · near

53
Korea Railroad… · near

53
Moldex-Metric · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Moldex-metric's Innovation Score is 53.4/100 (top 9% 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 Moldex-metric?

Each dot is one of Moldex-metric’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). Moldex-metric’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Moldex-metric's grants concentrate

Moldex-Metric, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 35.1% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Moldex-metric sits between Miura Co., Ltd. and Nexion S.P.A..

Moldex-metric's three-year grant acceleration

Moldex-Metric, Inc. shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Miura

37
Medallia

37
Midwest Industries

37
Mirati Therapeuti…

37
Montana State Uni…

37
Nakanishi

37
Netafim

37
Nexion S P A

37
Moldex-metric ◀

37

What this shows Moldex-Metric holds 37 patents at rank #8,643, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Moldex-Metric

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,643 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Moldex-Metric's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Moldex-Metric, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Moldex-Metric ranks #502 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Envoy Medical Corporation 53 Korea Railroad Research Institute 53 JSW Aktina System Co., Ltd. 53 Idemia Identity & Security France 53

Moldex-metric's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Moldex-Metric, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	10.8%
2016	3	8.1%
2017	1	2.7%
2018	1	2.7%
2019	1	2.7%
2020	3	8.1%
2021	1	2.7%
2022	1	2.7%
2023	5	13.5%
2024	10	27.0%
2025partial year	7	18.9%

Which technologies does Moldex-Metric, Inc. patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 13

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 6

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 4

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 3

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 3

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

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 2

Top 15 of 17 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

Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Moldex-Metric, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 35.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #8,644 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Moldex-Metric, Inc. against Miura Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.4/100 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

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