Where does Mercury Plastics LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mercury Plastics LLC ranks #9,319 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 Plastics LLC hold?

Mercury Plastics LLC holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Mercury Plastics LLC's Innovation Score?

Mercury Plastics LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mercury Plastics LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mercury Plastics LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Plastics LLC's patents?

Mercury Plastics LLC's patents average 15.5 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 Plastics LLC 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 Plastics LLC

Q: What technology areas does Mercury Plastics LLC focus on?

Mercury Plastics LLC's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 12 patents, ranking #154 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mercury ranks #9,319 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 20 technology areas.

#9,319
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9319 · US Corporation #9,319 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,319/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mahindra and Mahindra
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (±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 44.0 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 12.3 pts (28%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 15.8 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amazentis · near

44
FTE automotive · near

44
GUI Global Products · near

44
Mercury Plastics · this assignee

44
Pie Medical Imaging… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mercury's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 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 Plastics LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 35.3% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Mercury sits between Mahindra and Mahindra Limited and Neofect Co., Ltd..

Mercury's three-year grant acceleration

Mercury Plastics LLC shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Mahindra and Mahi…

34
Mainetti (UK)

34
Maquet Cardiopulm…

34
Medtronic Ventor

34
Merrimack Pharmac…

34
Messer Industries…

34
National Universi…

34
Neofect

34
Mercury Plastics ◀

34

What this shows Mercury holds 34 patents at rank #9,325, 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 #9,325 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mercury, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), Mercury ranks #154 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Amazentis SA 44 FTE automotive GmbH 44 Pie Medical Imaging B.V. 44 GUI Global Products, Ltd. 44

Mercury's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Mercury Plastics LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	23.5%
2016	6	17.6%
2017	3	8.8%
2018	2	5.9%
2019	3	8.8%
2020	2	5.9%
2021	2	5.9%
2022	3	8.8%
2023	1	2.9%
2024	3	8.8%
2025partial year	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Mercury Plastics LLC patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 10

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 9

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 8

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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 3

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

Top 15 of 20 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 Plastics LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mercury Plastics LLC's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #9,319 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mercury Plastics LLC against Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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.

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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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