Where does Merctech Pty Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merctech Pty Ltd ranks #48,677 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 Merctech Pty Ltd hold?

Merctech Pty Ltd holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Merctech Pty Ltd's Innovation Score?

Merctech Pty Ltd has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th 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 Merctech Pty Ltd focus on?

Merctech Pty Ltd's top technology area is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish) with 4 patents, ranking #54 of 119 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Merctech Pty Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Merctech Pty Ltd's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Merctech Pty Ltd's patents?

Merctech Pty Ltd's patents average 12.8 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 Merctech Pty 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

Merctech Pty Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merctech ranks #48,677 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,677
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48677 · Foreign Corporation #48,677 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,677/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mellon Medical B V
CPC-NARROW A22C · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mellon Medical B.V. (±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 Merctech’s 21.8 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Merctech Pty · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merctech's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th 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 Merctech?

Each dot is one of Merctech’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). Merctech’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Merctech's grants concentrate

Merctech Pty Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Merctech sits between Mellon Medical B.V. and Mermet.

Mellon Medical B V

5
Membrane Protecti…

5
Mentis Services F…

5
Mercedes Castillo

5
Meri Environmenta…

5
Meridianlink

5
Meritool

5
Mermet

5
Merctech Pty ◀

5

What this shows Merctech holds 5 patents at rank #48,820, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merctech

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,820 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A22C (Processing Meat)

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

Merctech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Merctech Pty Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2020	3	60.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Merctech Pty Ltd patent most?

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 4

D04B - Knitting 2

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 2

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Merctech Pty Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merctech Pty Ltd's lead technology class is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A22C
Ranked #48,677 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merctech Pty Ltd against Mellon Medical B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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.