Where does Menlo Systems GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Menlo Systems GmbH ranks #36,450 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 Menlo Systems GmbH hold?

Menlo Systems GmbH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Menlo Systems GmbH's Innovation Score?

Menlo Systems GmbH has an Innovation Score of 34.3 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Menlo Systems GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Menlo Systems GmbH's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Menlo Systems GmbH's patents?

Menlo Systems GmbH's patents average 22.3 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 Menlo Systems GmbH 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

Menlo Systems GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Menlo Systems GmbH focus on?

Menlo Systems GmbH's top technology area is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical) with 6 patents, ranking #219 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Menlo ranks #36,450 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#36,450
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.3/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36450 · Foreign Corporation #36,450 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,450/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medlmmune
CPC-NARROW H01S · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medlmmune, 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 Menlo’s 34.3 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 (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 7.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Menlo Systems · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Menlo's Innovation Score is 34.3/100 (47th 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 Menlo?

Each dot is one of Menlo’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). Menlo’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Menlo's grants concentrate

Menlo Systems GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Menlo sits between Medlmmune, LLC and Mesa Digital, LLC.

Menlo's three-year grant acceleration

Menlo Systems GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Medlmmune

7
Meiragtx UK II

7
Melchor Gabilondo

7
Menlo Microsystems

7
Mercy Medical Res…

7
Meril Life Scienc…

7
Meritage Pharma

7
Mesa Digital

7
Menlo Systems ◀

7

What this shows Menlo holds 7 patents at rank #36,495, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Menlo

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,495 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Menlo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Menlo Systems GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Menlo Systems GmbH patent most?

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Menlo Systems GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Menlo Systems GmbH's lead technology class is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #36,450 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Menlo Systems GmbH against Medlmmune, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.3/100 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

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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