Where does Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC ranks #41,578 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 Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC hold?

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's Innovation Score?

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.0 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%).

What technology areas does Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC focus on?

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's top technology area is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges) with 3 patents, ranking #110 of 410 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's patents?

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's patents average 11.2 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 Marlin Steel Wire Products, 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

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Marlin ranks #41,578 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#41,578
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.0/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41578 · US Corporation #41,578 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,578/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maradin
CPC-NARROW B62B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maradin Technologies Ltd. (±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 Marlin’s 24.0 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 (28%) Velocity 4.4 pts (18%) Breadth 6.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Marlin Steel Wire… · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Marlin's Innovation Score is 24.0/100 (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 Marlin?

Each dot is one of Marlin’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). Marlin’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Marlin's grants concentrate

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Marlin sits between Maradin Technologies Ltd. and Mashtraxx Limited.

Marlin's three-year grant acceleration

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Maradin

6
Marel

6
Marine Biomedical…

6
Mark & Draw

6
Maschinenfabrik A…

6
Mascot Electric

6
Mashable

6
Mashtraxx

6
Marlin Steel Wire… ◀

6

What this shows Marlin holds 6 patents at rank #41,522, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Marlin

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,522 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles)

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

Marlin'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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC patent most?

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC's lead technology class is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62B
Ranked #41,578 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Marlin Steel Wire Products, LLC against Maradin Technologies Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.0/100 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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