Where does MSC & Sgcc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MSC & Sgcc ranks #21,478 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 MSC & Sgcc hold?

MSC & Sgcc holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is MSC & Sgcc's Innovation Score?

MSC & Sgcc has an Innovation Score of 28.5 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MSC & Sgcc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MSC & Sgcc's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 MSC & Sgcc's patents?

MSC & Sgcc's patents average 15.6 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 MSC & Sgcc 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

MSC & Sgcc

Q: What technology areas does MSC & Sgcc focus on?

MSC & Sgcc's top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 9 patents, ranking #163 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MSC ranks #21,478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 8 technology areas.

#21,478
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.5/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21478 · Foreign Corporation #21,478 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,478/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magnemotion
CPC-NARROW G01B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magnemotion, Inc. (±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 MSC’s 28.5 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 9.1 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MSC & Sgcc · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MSC's Innovation Score is 28.5/100 (27th percentile 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 MSC?

Each dot is one of MSC’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). MSC’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where MSC's grants concentrate

MSC & Sgcc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, MSC sits between Montage Technology (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. and Magnemotion, Inc..

Montage Technolog…

13
Moonshadow Mobile

13
Morphpackers

13
Morryde Internati…

13
MT DERM

13
Murdoch Childrens…

13
Music Express

13
Magnemotion

13
MSC & Sgcc ◀

13

What this shows MSC holds 13 patents at rank #21,434, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MSC

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,434 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

MSC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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MSC & Sgcc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	5	38.5%
2017	5	38.5%
2018	2	15.4%

Which technologies does MSC & Sgcc patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 8 of 8 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

MSC & Sgcc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MSC & Sgcc's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #21,478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MSC & Sgcc against Montage Technology (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.5/100 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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