Where does Mercury Enterprises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mercury Enterprises, Inc. ranks #16,190 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 Mercury Enterprises, Inc. hold?

Mercury Enterprises, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mercury Enterprises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s patents?

Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s patents average 9.6 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 Mercury Enterprises, 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 US Corporation

Mercury Enterprises, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Mercury Enterprises, Inc. focus on?

Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 10 patents, ranking #701 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mercury ranks #16,190 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 7 technology areas.

#16,190
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 9.6
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16190 · US Corporation #16,190 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,190/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MEC
CPC-NARROW A61M · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MEC Company Ltd. (±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 Mercury’s 30.6 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 10.2 pts (33%) Velocity 5.3 pts (17%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mercury Enterprises · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mercury's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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 Mercury?

Each dot is one of Mercury’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). Mercury’s own 9.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mercury's grants concentrate

Mercury Enterprises, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Mercury sits between MEC Company Ltd. and Mixed IN KEY LLC.

Mercury's three-year grant acceleration

Mercury Enterprises, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

MEC

18
Medicinal Bioconv…

18
Melinta Therapeut…

18
Memory-tech Holdi…

18
Metal-era

18
Metrom Rail

18
Mitsubishi Heavy…

18
Mixed IN KEY

18
Mercury Enterpris… ◀

18

What this shows Mercury holds 18 patents at rank #16,179, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mercury

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,179 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Mercury's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Mercury Enterprises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	22.2%
2017	2	11.1%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	2	11.1%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Mercury Enterprises, Inc. patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 10

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 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

Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mercury Enterprises, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #16,190 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mercury Enterprises, Inc. against MEC Company Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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

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