Where does Moog Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Moog Inc. ranks #2,402 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 Moog Inc. hold?

Moog Inc. holds 163 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 93 technology areas.

What is Moog Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Moog Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.4 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Moog Inc. focus on?

Moog Inc.'s top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 34 patents. Grants appear in 93 CPC subclasses total.

Is Moog Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Moog Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -19% 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 Moog Inc.'s patents?

Moog Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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 Moog 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

Moog Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 163 granted patents across 93 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Moog ranks #2,402 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 163 patents across 93 technology areas.

#2,402
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.4/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2402 · US Corporation #2,402 · 163 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 163 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,402/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Infineon Dresden & KG
CPC-WIDE H02K · 93 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG (±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
Framatome · near

58
Moog · this assignee

58
Nikkiso · near

58
Sicpa Holding · near

58
Ushio Denki · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Moog's Innovation Score is 58.4/100 (top 4% 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.

How Moog's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Moog Inc. received 68 grants versus 84 in 2015–2019 (-19% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 11. Lead class H02K accounts for 20.9% of the portfolio across 93 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG (#2,398) and Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co., Ltd. (#2,406).

Moog's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Moog Inc. moved from 50 to 41 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,772. See the growth leaderboard.

Infineon Dresden…

163
Interdesign

163
Lanxess Deutschla…

163
Metal Industries…

163
SG Gaming

163
Westrock Shared S…

163
Zumtobel Lighting

163
Moog ◀

163
Beijing Jingdong…

162

What this shows Moog holds 163 patents at rank #2,402, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Moog

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,402 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Sicpa Holding SA 58 Nikkiso Co., Ltd. 58 Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 58 Framatome 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

UCL Business Ltd 17.2 avg Lemon Inc. 17.2 avg Daqri, LLC 17.2 avg Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 17.2 avg

Moog's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Moog Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	10.4%
2016	15	9.2%
2017	11	6.7%
2018	18	11.0%
2019	23	14.1%
2020	16	9.8%
2021	11	6.7%
2022	14	8.6%
2023	16	9.8%
2024	11	6.7%
2025partial year	11	6.7%

Which technologies does Moog Inc. patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 34

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 25

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 23

F16H - Gearing 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 11

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 10

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 8

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 8

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 7

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 7

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 7

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 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

Top 15 of 93 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,402

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.4 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

Moog Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Moog Inc.'s lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 20.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #2,402 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Moog Inc. against Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.4/100 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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