Where does MSA Europe GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MSA Europe GmbH ranks #17,917 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 MSA Europe GmbH hold?

MSA Europe GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is MSA Europe GmbH's Innovation Score?

MSA Europe GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MSA Europe GmbH focus on?

MSA Europe GmbH's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 6 patents, ranking #2,307 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is MSA Europe GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MSA Europe GmbH's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 MSA Europe GmbH's patents?

MSA Europe GmbH's patents average 18.3 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 MSA Europe GmbH 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

MSA Europe GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MSA ranks #17,917 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 19 technology areas.

#17,917
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17917 · Foreign Corporation #17,917 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,917/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MacDermid Graphics…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MacDermid Graphics Solutions, LLC (±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 MSA’s 40.9 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 9.8 pts (24%) Velocity 4.8 pts (12%) Breadth 15.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MSA Europe · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MSA's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 MSA?

Each dot is one of MSA’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). MSA’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where MSA's grants concentrate

MSA Europe GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, MSA sits between Mobile Industrial Robots A/S and Macorva Inc..

MSA's three-year grant acceleration

MSA Europe GmbH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Mobile Industrial…

16
Mobile Pixels

16
Mocon

16
Moooi B V

16
Multilift

16
Multiphy

16
Macdermid Graphic…

16
Macorva

16
MSA Europe ◀

16

What this shows MSA holds 16 patents at rank #17,890, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MSA

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,890 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

MSA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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MSA Europe GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	1	6.3%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	5	31.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	2	12.5%

Which technologies does MSA Europe GmbH patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

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

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

MSA Europe GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MSA Europe GmbH's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #17,917 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MSA Europe GmbH against Mobile Industrial Robots A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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