Where does Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. ranks #36,447 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 Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. hold?

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. has an Innovation Score of 14.3 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'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 Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'s patents?

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'s patents average 3.6 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 Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. 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

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.

Q: What technology areas does Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. focus on?

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'s top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 3 patents, ranking #122 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Melchor ranks #36,447 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#36,447
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (14.3/100): 3.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36447 · Foreign Corporation #36,447 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,447/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mediaport Entertainm…
CPC-NARROW B66F · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 14.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mediaport Entertainment 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 Melchor’s 14.3 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 7.2 pts (50%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 2.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Melchor Gabilondo · this assignee

14
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Melchor's Innovation Score is 14.3/100 (3rd 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 Melchor?

Each dot is one of Melchor’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). Melchor’s own 3.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Melchor's grants concentrate

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Melchor sits between Mediaport Entertainment Inc. and Meril Life Sciences PVT Ltd.

Mediaport Enterta…

7
Mediplus

7
Medlmmune

7
Meiragtx UK II

7
Menlo Microsystems

7
Menlo Systems

7
Mercy Medical Res…

7
Meril Life Scienc…

7
Melchor Gabilondo ◀

7

What this shows Melchor holds 7 patents at rank #36,493, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Melchor

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,493 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Melchor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

14 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	42.9%
2016	3	42.9%
2017	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 3

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Melchor Gabilondo, S.A.'s lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #36,447 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Melchor Gabilondo, S.A. against Mediaport Entertainment Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 14.3/100 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

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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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