Where does I. MER Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), I. MER Co., Ltd. ranks #18,742 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 I. MER Co., Ltd. hold?

I. MER Co., Ltd. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is I. MER Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

I. MER Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 30.7 out of 100 (35th 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 I. MER Co., Ltd. focus on?

I. MER Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses) with 15 patents, ranking #18 of 286 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is I. MER Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

I. MER Co., Ltd.'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 I. MER Co., Ltd.'s patents?

I. MER Co., Ltd.'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 I. MER Co., Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

I. MER Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, I. ranks #18,742 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 10 technology areas.

#18,742
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.7/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18742 · Foreign Corporation #18,742 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,742/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH House of Design
CPC-FOCUS B41F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: House of Design 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 I.’s 30.7 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 9.6 pts (31%) Velocity 5.0 pts (16%) Breadth 11.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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I MER · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows I.'s Innovation Score is 30.7/100 (35th 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 I.?

Each dot is one of I.’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). I.’s own 8.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where I.'s grants concentrate

I. MER Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, I. sits between House of Design LLC and IDev Technologies, Inc..

I.'s three-year grant acceleration

I. MER Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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What this shows I. holds 15 patents at rank #18,740, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near I

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,740 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses)

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

I.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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I. MER Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	2	13.3%
2017	1	6.7%
2018	4	26.7%
2019	1	6.7%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	3	20.0%

Which technologies does I. MER Co., Ltd. patent most?

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 15

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B41N - Printing Plates OR Foils ; Materials FOR Surfaces Used IN Printing Machines FOR Printing, Inking, Damping, OR THE LIKE; Preparing Such Surfaces FOR USE AND Conserving Them 3

F16H - Gearing 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 1

Top 10 of 10 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

I. MER Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

I. MER Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41F
Ranked #18,742 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare I. MER Co., Ltd. against House of Design LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.7/100 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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