Where does MTS Systems Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MTS Systems Corporation ranks #7,049 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 MTS Systems Corporation hold?

MTS Systems Corporation holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is MTS Systems Corporation's Innovation Score?

MTS Systems Corporation has an Innovation Score of 44.2 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MTS Systems Corporation focus on?

MTS Systems Corporation's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 13 patents, ranking #1,156 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is MTS Systems Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MTS Systems Corporation's recent grant velocity is -52% 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 MTS Systems Corporation's patents?

MTS Systems Corporation's patents average 18.6 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 MTS Systems Corporation 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

MTS Systems Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 28 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MTS ranks #7,049 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 28 technology areas.

#7,049
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.2/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7049 · US Corporation #7,049 · 47 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,049/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Linear Labs
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Linear Labs, 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 MTS’s 44.2 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 13.4 pts (30%) Velocity 1.0 pts (2%) Breadth 18.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agenus · near

44
BeiGene · near

44
Genethon · near

44
MTS Systems · this assignee

44
Sequenom · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MTS's Innovation Score is 44.2/100 (top 26% 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 MTS?

Each dot is one of MTS’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). MTS’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where MTS's grants concentrate

MTS Systems Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 27.7% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, MTS sits between Linear Labs, Inc. and McCormick & Company, Inc..

MTS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MTS Systems Corporation moved from 21 to 3 grants (0.14x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Linear Labs

47
Longyear TM

47
MGC Filsheet

47
Microban Products

47
Make Great Sales

47
Marchesini Group…

47
Maxar Space

47
Mccormick &

47
MTS Systems ◀

47

What this shows MTS holds 47 patents at rank #7,041, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MTS

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,041 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MTS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), MTS ranks #1,156 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

BeiGene, Ltd. 44 Agenus Inc. 44 Genethon 44 Sequenom, Inc. 44

MTS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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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MTS Systems Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	6.4%
2016	7	14.9%
2017	8	17.0%
2018	4	8.5%
2019	9	19.1%
2020	9	19.1%
2021	3	6.4%
2023	3	6.4%
2025partial year	1	2.1%

Which technologies does MTS Systems Corporation patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 13

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 15 of 28 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

MTS Systems Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MTS Systems Corporation's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 27.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #7,049 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MTS Systems Corporation against Linear Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.2/100 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

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