Where does Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG ranks #6,814 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 Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 38 patents, ranking #122 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 17.5 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 Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG 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

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mekra ranks #6,814 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 28 technology areas.

#6,814
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6814 · Foreign Corporation #6,814 · 49 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,814/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lallemand Hungary…
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management 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 Mekra’s 46.8 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 13.5 pts (29%) Velocity 4.1 pts (9%) Breadth 18.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mekra Lang & KG · this assignee

47
Robson Forensic · near

47
St Jude Children's… · near

47
Federated Wireless · near

47
Innovative Cellular… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mekra's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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 Mekra?

Each dot is one of Mekra’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). Mekra’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mekra's grants concentrate

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 77.6% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Mekra sits between LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc. and Medtronic PS Medical, Inc..

Mekra's three-year grant acceleration

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

LG Fuel Cell Syst…

49
Lallemand Hungary…

49
Lifescan Scotland

49
Macroblock

49
Malvern Panalytic…

49
Maxpower Semicond…

49
Medtronic Monitor…

49
Medtronic PS Medi…

49
Mekra Lang & KG ◀

49

What this shows Mekra holds 49 patents at rank #6,810, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mekra

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,810 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mekra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), Mekra ranks #122 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc. 47 Robson Forensic, Inc. 47 Innovative Cellular Therapeutics Holdings, Ltd. 47 Federated Wireless, Inc. 47

Mekra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	12.2%
2016	4	8.2%
2017	7	14.3%
2018	8	16.3%
2019	5	10.2%
2020	5	10.2%
2021	3	6.1%
2022	2	4.1%
2023	2	4.1%
2024	4	8.2%
2025partial year	3	6.1%

Which technologies does Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 38

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 23

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 7

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

Top 15 of 28 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

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 77.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #6,814 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG against LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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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