Where does Melnor Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Melnor Inc. ranks #7,735 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 Melnor Inc. hold?

Melnor Inc. holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Melnor Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Melnor Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.5 out of 100 (27th 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 Melnor Inc. focus on?

Melnor Inc.'s top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 7 patents, ranking #186 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Melnor Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +108% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Melnor Inc.'s patents average 2.7 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 Melnor 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

Melnor Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 7 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Melnor ranks #7,735 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 7 technology areas.

#7,735
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.5/100): 2.7
avg claims per patent: +108%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7735 · US Corporation #7,735 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,735/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Landa Labs (2012)
CPC-NARROW B05B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +108% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Landa Labs (2012) 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 Melnor’s 28.5 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 13.0 pts (45%) Velocity 4.6 pts (16%) Breadth 9.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 1.6 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Neurohabilitation · near

29
Shenzhen Yixiu… · near

29
Melnor · this assignee

29
Graphene-dx · near

29
Suntory Flowers · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Melnor's Innovation Score is 28.5/100 (27th 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 Melnor?

Each dot is one of Melnor’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). Melnor’s own 2.7 claims/patent is at or below the 12.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Melnor's grants concentrate

Melnor Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Melnor sits between Landa Labs (2012) Ltd. and Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd..

Melnor's three-year grant acceleration

Melnor Inc. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Landa Labs (2012)

42
Life Fitness

42
Linxens Holding

42
Maxwell

42
Merus

42
Microsoft Mobile…

42
Modne

42
Morinaga Milk Ind…

42
Melnor ◀

42

What this shows Melnor holds 42 patents at rank #7,735, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Melnor

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,735 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Melnor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B05B (Spraying Apparatus), Melnor ranks #186 of 1,384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Suntory Flowers Limited 29 Graphene-dx, Inc. 29 Neurohabilitation Corporation 29 Shenzhen Yixiu Technology Co., Ltd 29

Melnor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 27th percentile higher than 27% 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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Melnor Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.8%
2016	1	2.4%
2017	2	4.8%
2019	7	16.7%
2020	6	14.3%
2021	6	14.3%
2022	4	9.5%
2023	4	9.5%
2024	5	11.9%
2025partial year	5	11.9%

Which technologies does Melnor Inc. patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 7

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Melnor Inc.'s lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #7,735 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Melnor Inc. against Landa Labs (2012) Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.5/100 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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