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Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merck ranks #29,430 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 1 technology areas.

#29,430
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
4th percentile
by Innovation Score (16.9/100)
9.0
avg claims per patent
+25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29430 · Foreign Corporation #29,430 · 9 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #29,430/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meggitt
  • CPC-NARROW F16K · 1 areas
  • INNOV-LOW 16.9/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-UP +25% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Meggitt SA (±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 16.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Merck

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Merck's Innovation Score is 16.9/100 (4th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

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 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Merck vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Meggitt SA - 9, 21MeggittMeijer, Inc. - 9, 17.56MeijerMembrain Safety Solutions, LLC - 9, 10.89Membrain Safety S…MemryX Incorporated - 9, 18.56Memryx Incorporat…Merck Millipore Ltd. - 9, 14.89Merck MilliporeMesser SE & Co. KGaA - 9, 14.22Messer SE & KgaaMetal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. - 9, 15.22Metal Masters Foo…Metalenz, Inc. - 9, 19MetalenzMerck Chemicals and Life Science AB - 9, 9Merck Chemicals a…
Merck vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Merck's grants concentrate

Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 11.1% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Merck sits between Meggitt SA and Metalenz, Inc..

Who files at Merck's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Merck holds 9 patents at rank #29,462, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Merck

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,462 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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)

17 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

123456 201620172020 5
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 2 22.2%
2017 2 22.2%
2020 5 55.6%

Which technologies does Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB patent most?

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 11.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
  • Ranked #29,430 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Merck Chemicals and Life Science AB against Meggitt SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 16.9/100 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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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

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.