Overall rank by patents
#7,049
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, MTS ranks #7,049 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 28 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Agenus · near
44 score
Beigene · near
44 score
Genethon · near
44 score
MTS Systems · this assignee
44 score
Sequenom · near
44 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows MTS Systems Corporation stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #7,049 of 50,000; Innovation Score 44.2/100 sits in the top 26% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Linear Labs, Inc. (±0 grants).
MTS Systems Corporation has been granted 47 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing MTS Systems Corporation at #7,049 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 28 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). As a US Corporation, MTS Systems Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, MTS sits between Linear Labs, Inc. (47 patents, rank #7,037) and Mccormick & Company, Inc. (47 patents, rank #7,045) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 44.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 15 grants, compared with 31 in the 2015–2019 window, a -52% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. MTS Systems Corporation's 18.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 28 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Linear Labs, Inc.
47 patents
Longyear TM, Inc.
47 patents
MGC FILSHEET CO., LTD.
47 patents
MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY
47 patents
Make Great Sales Limited
47 patents
Marchesini Group S.P.A.
47 patents
Maxar Space LLC
47 patents
McCormick & Company, Inc.
47 patents
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
47 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,041 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in MTS's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MTS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 15 of 28 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#7,049
of 50,000 tracked assignees
44.2 out of 100
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.