Where does ATS MER, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ATS MER, LLC ranks #44,921 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 ATS MER, LLC hold?

ATS MER, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is ATS MER, LLC's Innovation Score?

ATS MER, LLC has an Innovation Score of 23.7 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ATS MER, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ATS MER, LLC'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 ATS MER, LLC's patents?

ATS MER, LLC's patents average 14.8 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 ATS MER, 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

ATS MER, LLC

Q: What technology areas does ATS MER, LLC focus on?

ATS MER, LLC's top technology area is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder) with 5 patents, ranking #235 of 926 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2018. 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: B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ATS ranks #44,921 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#44,921
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.7/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44921 · US Corporation #44,921 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,921/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Atofia
CPC-NARROW B22F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Atofia LLC (±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 ATS’s 23.7 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 6.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ATS MER · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ATS's Innovation Score is 23.7/100 (13th 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 ATS?

Each dot is one of ATS’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). ATS’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ATS's grants concentrate

ATS MER, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder). By volume, ATS sits between Atofia LLC and Attractive Surgical, LLC.

Atofia

5
Atom Alloys

5
Atracsys SÀRL

5
ATS Chemical

5
Atsuden

5
ATT Technology

5
Attoquant Diagnos…

5
Attractive Surgic…

5
ATS MER ◀

5

What this shows ATS holds 5 patents at rank #44,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ATS

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,661 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22F (Working Metallic Powder)

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

ATS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ATS MER, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	5	100.0%

Which technologies does ATS MER, LLC patent most?

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 5

C22C - Alloys 5

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 5

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 5

Top 6 of 6 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

ATS MER, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ATS MER, LLC's lead technology class is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22F
Ranked #44,921 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ATS MER, LLC against Atofia LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.7/100 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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