Where does Merck Millipore Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merck Millipore Ltd. ranks #29,431 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 Millipore Ltd. hold?

Merck Millipore Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Merck Millipore Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Merck Millipore Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 33.1 out of 100 (43rd 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 Millipore Ltd. focus on?

Merck Millipore Ltd.'s top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 8 patents, ranking #597 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Merck Millipore Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Merck Millipore Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Merck Millipore Ltd.'s patents?

Merck Millipore Ltd.'s patents average 14.9 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 Millipore Ltd. 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 Millipore Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merck ranks #29,431 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 10 technology areas.

#29,431
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.1/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29431 · Foreign Corporation #29,431 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,431/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Meijer
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Meijer, 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 Merck’s 33.1 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 8.0 pts (24%) Velocity 5.0 pts (15%) Breadth 11.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Merck Millipore · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merck's Innovation Score is 33.1/100 (43rd 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 14.9 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.

Where Merck's grants concentrate

Merck Millipore Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Merck sits between Meijer, Inc. and Metamagnetics, Inc..

Merck's three-year grant acceleration

Merck Millipore Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Meijer

9
Membrain Safety S…

9
Memryx Incorporat…

9
Merck Chemicals a…

9
Messer SE & Kgaa

9
Metal Masters Foo…

9
Metalenz

9
Metamagnetics

9
Merck Millipore ◀

9

What this shows Merck holds 9 patents at rank #29,463, 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 #29,463 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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)

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Merck Millipore Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	33.3%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%
2025partial year	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Merck Millipore Ltd. patent most?

B01D - Separation 8

C07K - Peptides 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 1

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 1

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 10 of 10 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 Millipore Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merck Millipore Ltd.'s lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #29,431 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merck Millipore Ltd. against Meijer, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.1/100 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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