Where does Molecular Imprints, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Molecular Imprints, Inc. ranks #6,364 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 Molecular Imprints, Inc. hold?

Molecular Imprints, Inc. holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Molecular Imprints, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s patents?

Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Molecular Imprints, 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

Molecular Imprints, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Molecular Imprints, Inc. focus on?

Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s top technology area is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;) with 41 patents, ranking #50 of 595 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 19 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: G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Molecular ranks #6,364 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,364
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6364 · US Corporation #6,364 · 53 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,364/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Manitou Italia S R L
CPC-FOCUS G03F · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Manitou Italia S.R.L. (±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 Molecular’s 41.4 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 13.8 pts (33%) Velocity 2.6 pts (6%) Breadth 15.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Globalmed Holdings · near

41
Irish Dawg Industries · near

41
Molecular Imprints · this assignee

41
Silvair Sp z o o · near

41
zSpace · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Molecular's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Molecular?

Each dot is one of Molecular’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). Molecular’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Molecular's grants concentrate

Molecular Imprints, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 77.4% of grants classified under G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Molecular sits between Manitou Italia S.R.L. and Nemera La Verpilliere.

Molecular's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Molecular Imprints, Inc. moved from 23 to 9 grants (0.39x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Manitou Italia S…

53
Mitsubishi Heavy…

53
Marrone Bio Innov…

53
Maxlinear Asia Si…

53
Newmax Technology

53
Ningbo Well Elect…

53
Navix Internation…

53
Nemera La Verpill…

53
Molecular Imprints ◀

53

What this shows Molecular holds 53 patents at rank #6,362, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Molecular

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,362 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Molecular, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces), Molecular ranks #50 of 595 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

zSpace, Inc. 41 Silvair Sp. z o.o. 41 Globalmed Holdings, LLC 41 Irish Dawg Industries, LLC 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

Zonar Systems, Inc. 16.1 avg UWM Research Foundation, Inc. 16.1 avg Zealand Pharma A/S 16.1 avg Innovative Sonic Corporation 16.1 avg

Molecular's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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Molecular Imprints, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	20.8%
2016	4	7.5%
2017	4	7.5%
2018	1	1.9%
2019	8	15.1%
2020	7	13.2%
2021	8	15.1%
2022	5	9.4%
2023	3	5.7%
2024	1	1.9%
2025partial year	1	1.9%

Which technologies does Molecular Imprints, Inc. patent most?

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 41

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 20

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 18

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 18

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 8

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 5

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 5

B41C - Processes FOR THE Manufacture OR Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

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 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s lead technology class is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;), 77.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03F
Ranked #6,364 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Molecular Imprints, Inc. against Manitou Italia S.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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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