Where does Marel, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Marel, Inc. ranks #41,569 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, Inc. hold?

Marel, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Marel, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Marel, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% 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, Inc. focus on?

Marel, Inc.'s top technology area is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes) with 3 patents, ranking #43 of 145 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Marel, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Marel, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Marel, Inc.'s patents?

Marel, Inc.'s patents average 13.3 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 Marel, 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

Marel, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 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: B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Marel ranks #41,569 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#41,569
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41569 · US Corporation #41,569 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,569/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Makrite Industries
CPC-NARROW B65C · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Makrite Industries 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 43.4 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 6.7 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Marel · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Marel's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 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, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Marel sits between Makrite Industries Inc. and Maschinenfabrik Alfing Kessler GMBH.

Marel's three-year grant acceleration

Marel, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Makrite Industries

6
MAN Diesel & Turb…

6
Maped

6
Maradin

6
Marine Biomedical…

6
Mark & Draw

6
Marlin Steel Wire…

6
Maschinenfabrik A…

6
Marel ◀

6

What this shows Marel holds 6 patents at rank #41,519, 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 #41,519 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines)

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)

43 Top 28% higher than 72% 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, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Marel, Inc. patent most?

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 3

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 2

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

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

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

Marel, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Marel, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65C (Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65C
Ranked #41,569 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Marel, Inc. against Makrite Industries Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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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