Where does Molten Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Molten Corporation ranks #29,500 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 Molten Corporation hold?

Molten Corporation holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Molten Corporation's Innovation Score?

Molten Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Molten Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Molten Corporation's recent grant velocity is +700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Molten Corporation's patents?

Molten Corporation's patents average 11.0 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 Molten Corporation 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

Molten Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Molten Corporation focus on?

Molten Corporation's top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 4 patents, ranking #345 of 1,021 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Molten ranks #29,500 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,500
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: +700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29500 · Foreign Corporation #29,500 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,500/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsubishi Nichiyu…
CPC-NARROW A63B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. (±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 Molten’s 37.2 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 8.0 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Molten · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Molten's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Molten?

Each dot is one of Molten’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). Molten’s own 11.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Molten's grants concentrate

Molten Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Molten sits between Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. and Moser-lucido-production, LLC.

Molten's three-year grant acceleration

Molten Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Mitsubishi Nichiy…

9
MK Systems USA

9
Moac Blockchain T…

9
Mobiltech

9
Moredun Research…

9
Morgan Stanley

9
Morishita Jintan

9
Moser-lucido-prod…

9
Molten ◀

9

What this shows Molten holds 9 patents at rank #29,406, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Molten

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,406 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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

Molten's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Molten Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	11.1%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	3	33.3%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Molten Corporation patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Molten Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Molten Corporation's lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #29,500 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Molten Corporation against Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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