Where does MSA Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MSA Technology, LLC ranks #3,569 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 Technology, LLC hold?

MSA Technology, LLC holds 103 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is MSA Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

MSA Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MSA Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MSA Technology, LLC's recent grant velocity is +19% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for MSA Technology, LLC's patents?

MSA Technology, LLC's patents average 17.8 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 Technology, LLC 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

MSA Technology, LLC

Q: What technology areas does MSA Technology, LLC focus on?

MSA Technology, LLC's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 44 patents. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 103 granted patents across 42 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MSA ranks #3,569 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 103 patents across 42 technology areas.

#3,569
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3569 · US Corporation #3,569 · 103 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 103 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,569/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FlatFrog Laboratorie…
CPC-WIDE G01N · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FlatFrog Laboratories AB (±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
Augmedics · near

54
MSA Technology · this assignee

54
SMC · near

54
Varex Imaging · near

54
Konecranes Global · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MSA's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (top 8% 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.

Where MSA's grants concentrate

MSA Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 42.7% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (13 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, MSA sits between FlatFrog Laboratories AB and Oticon Medical A/S.

MSA's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MSA Technology, LLC moved from 37 to 27 grants (0.73x 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 #2,056. See the growth leaderboard.

Flatfrog Laborato…

103
In-situ

103
Industry-academic…

103
Lifetech Scientif…

103
Magnecomp

103
Mazor Robotics

103
Nidec Copal

103
Oticon Medical A/S

103
MSA Technology ◀

103

What this shows MSA holds 103 patents at rank #3,567, 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 #3,567 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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Varex Imaging Corporation 54 SMC Corporation 54 Augmedics Ltd. 54 Konecranes Global Corporation 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.8 here).

LightLab Imaging, Inc. 17.8 avg Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. 17.8 avg Clariant International Ltd 17.8 avg Buerkert Werke GMBH 17.8 avg

MSA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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MSA Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	6.8%
2016	7	6.8%
2017	11	10.7%
2018	5	4.9%
2019	13	12.6%
2020	12	11.7%
2021	12	11.7%
2022	6	5.8%
2023	12	11.7%
2024	9	8.7%
2025partial year	9	8.7%

Which technologies does MSA Technology, LLC patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 44

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 39

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 10

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 3

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

Top 15 of 42 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,569

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.5 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

MSA Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MSA Technology, LLC's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 42.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #3,569 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MSA Technology, LLC against FlatFrog Laboratories AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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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