Where does Marel Iceland EHF rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Marel Iceland EHF ranks #18,875 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 Marel Iceland EHF hold?

Marel Iceland EHF holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Marel Iceland EHF's Innovation Score?

Marel Iceland EHF has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Marel Iceland EHF focus on?

Marel Iceland EHF's top technology area is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish) with 11 patents, ranking #23 of 119 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Marel Iceland EHF's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Marel Iceland EHF's recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Marel Iceland EHF's patents?

Marel Iceland EHF's patents average 16.7 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 Marel Iceland EHF 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

Marel Iceland EHF

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Marel ranks #18,875 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 22 technology areas.

#18,875
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18875 · Foreign Corporation #18,875 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,875/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH M87
CPC-FOCUS A22C · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: M87, 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 Marel’s 39.1 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 (25%) Velocity 2.9 pts (7%) Breadth 16.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Marel Iceland EHF · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Marel's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Marel?

Each dot is one of Marel’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). Marel’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Marel's grants concentrate

Marel Iceland EHF is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Marel sits between M87, Inc. and Mechanix Wear LLC.

Marel's three-year grant acceleration

Marel Iceland EHF shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

M87

15
Maculogix

15
MAP Pharmaceutica…

15
Mappedin

15
Mastronardi Produ…

15
Material Science

15
Mayser

15
Mechanix Wear

15
Marel Iceland EHF ◀

15

What this shows Marel holds 15 patents at rank #18,868, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Marel

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,868 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A22C (Processing Meat)

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

Marel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Marel Iceland EHF patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	2	13.3%
2017	2	13.3%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	4	26.7%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2024	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Marel Iceland EHF patent most?

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

G01G - Weighing 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

A22B - Slaughtering 3

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Marel Iceland EHF's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Marel Iceland EHF's lead technology class is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A22C
Ranked #18,875 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Marel Iceland EHF against M87, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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

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.