Where does MSD LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MSD LLC ranks #24,831 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 MSD LLC hold?

MSD LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is MSD LLC's Innovation Score?

MSD LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.2 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MSD LLC focus on?

MSD LLC's top technology area is F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof) with 5 patents, ranking #190 of 574 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is MSD LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MSD LLC's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 MSD LLC's patents?

MSD LLC's patents average 8.6 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 MSD 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

MSD LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 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: F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MSD ranks #24,831 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#24,831
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.2/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24831 · US Corporation #24,831 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,831/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Moveworks
CPC-NARROW F02M · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Moveworks, 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 MSD’s 34.2 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 8.6 pts (25%) Velocity 13.3 pts (39%) Breadth 7.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MSD · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MSD's Innovation Score is 34.2/100 (47th 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 MSD?

Each dot is one of MSD’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). MSD’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where MSD's grants concentrate

MSD LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, MSD sits between Moveworks, Inc. and Myopowers Medical Technologies France SAS.

MSD's three-year grant acceleration

MSD LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Moveworks

11
Mqsemi

11
MR3 Medical

11
MS Autotech

11
Multi Trend

11
Multipond Wägetec…

11
Murakumo

11
Myopowers Medical…

11
MSD ◀

11

What this shows MSD holds 11 patents at rank #24,769, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MSD

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,769 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible…)

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

MSD's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% 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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MSD LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	3	27.3%
2017	3	27.3%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does MSD LLC patent most?

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 5

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 4 of 4 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

MSD LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MSD LLC's lead technology class is F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02M
Ranked #24,831 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MSD LLC against Moveworks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.