Where does Merck Canada Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merck Canada Inc. ranks #15,456 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 Merck Canada Inc. hold?

Merck Canada Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Merck Canada Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Merck Canada Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st 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 Merck Canada Inc. focus on?

Merck Canada Inc.'s top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 19 patents, ranking #471 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Merck Canada Inc.'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 Merck Canada Inc.'s patents?

Merck Canada Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Merck Canada 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 Foreign Corporation

Merck Canada Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merck ranks #15,456 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 7 technology areas.

#15,456
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15456 · Foreign Corporation #15,456 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,456/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maschinenfabrik…
CPC-NARROW C07D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Merck’s 29.6 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 10.3 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Merck Canada · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merck's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st 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 Merck?

Each dot is one of Merck’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). Merck’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Merck's grants concentrate

Merck Canada Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Merck sits between Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co. KG and Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc..

Maschinenfabrik G…

19
Massively Parallel

19
Mast Industries (…

19
Mcelroy Manufactu…

19
Meridian Internat…

19
Metabolic

19
Microlin

19
Mitsubishi Electr…

19
Merck Canada ◀

19

What this shows Merck holds 19 patents at rank #15,464, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merck

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,464 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Merck's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Merck Canada Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	36.8%
2016	5	26.3%
2017	5	26.3%
2018	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Merck Canada Inc. patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 19

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 15

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 13

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C07K - Peptides 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 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

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

Merck Canada Inc.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #15,456 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merck Canada Inc. against Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.