Where does MEG Energy Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MEG Energy Corp. ranks #29,419 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 MEG Energy Corp. hold?

MEG Energy Corp. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is MEG Energy Corp.'s Innovation Score?

MEG Energy Corp. has an Innovation Score of 25.2 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MEG Energy Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MEG Energy Corp.'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 MEG Energy Corp.'s patents?

MEG Energy Corp.'s patents average 13.1 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 MEG Energy Corp. 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

MEG Energy Corp.

Q: What technology areas does MEG Energy Corp. focus on?

MEG Energy Corp.'s top technology area is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MEG ranks #29,419 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,419
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.2/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29419 · Foreign Corporation #29,419 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,419/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medical Device…
CPC-NARROW C10G · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medical Device Engineering, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MEG Energy · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MEG's Innovation Score is 25.2/100 (17th 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.

Where MEG's grants concentrate

MEG Energy Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, MEG sits between Medical Device Engineering, LLC and Melchior Material AND Life Science France.

Medical Device En…

9
Medical Microinst…

9
Medicines360

9
Medspray B V

9
Mega1

9
Megaforce

9
Mekorot Water

9
Melchior Material…

9
MEG Energy ◀

9

What this shows MEG holds 9 patents at rank #29,367, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MEG

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,367 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS)

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

MEG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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MEG Energy Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2016	1	11.1%
2018	4	44.4%
2019	2	22.2%

Which technologies does MEG Energy Corp. patent most?

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 8

B01D - Separation 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,419

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MEG Energy Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MEG Energy Corp.'s lead technology class is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10G
Ranked #29,419 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MEG Energy Corp. against Medical Device Engineering, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.2/100 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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