Where does Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. ranks #10,106 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 Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. hold?

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.7 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s patents?

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s patents average 8.3 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 Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. 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

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. focus on?

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 13 patents, ranking #502 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 5 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mueller ranks #10,106 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 5 technology areas.

#10,106
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.7/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10106 · US Corporation #10,106 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,106/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mimi Hearing
CPC-NARROW A61F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mimi Hearing Technologies GmbH (±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 Mueller’s 27.7 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 12.0 pts (43%) Velocity 2.8 pts (10%) Breadth 7.9 pts (29%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
I D YOU · near

28
Hanmi Pharmaceutical · near

28
Mueller Sports… · this assignee

28
Ortho Development · near

28
TricorBraun · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mueller's Innovation Score is 27.7/100 (24th 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 Mueller?

Each dot is one of Mueller’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). Mueller’s own 8.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mueller's grants concentrate

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 41.9% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Mueller sits between Mimi Hearing Technologies GmbH and Noble International, Inc..

Mueller's three-year grant acceleration

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Mimi Hearing

31
Mission Therapeut…

31
Motion Pro

31
Movius Interactive

31
Nano Dimension

31
Natco Pharma

31
Nissin Electric

31
Noble Internation…

31
Mueller Sports Me… ◀

31

What this shows Mueller holds 31 patents at rank #10,106, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mueller

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,106 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mueller, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Mueller ranks #502 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Ortho Development Corporation 28 Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 28 I D YOU, LLC 28 TricorBraun Inc. 28

Mueller's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% 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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Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	16.1%
2016	4	12.9%
2017	1	3.2%
2018	3	9.7%
2019	5	16.1%
2020	3	9.7%
2021	4	12.9%
2022	2	6.5%
2023	2	6.5%
2024	1	3.2%
2025partial year	1	3.2%

Which technologies does Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 2

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 2

Top 5 of 5 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

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 41.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #10,106 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc. against Mimi Hearing Technologies GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.7/100 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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