Where does Merete Medical GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merete Medical GmbH ranks #41,658 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 Merete Medical GmbH hold?

Merete Medical GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Merete Medical GmbH's Innovation Score?

Merete Medical GmbH has an Innovation Score of 18.3 out of 100 (5th 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 Merete Medical GmbH focus on?

Merete Medical GmbH's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Merete Medical GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Merete Medical GmbH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Merete Medical GmbH's patents?

Merete Medical GmbH's patents average 11.0 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 Merete Medical GmbH 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

Merete Medical GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merete ranks #41,658 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#41,658
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.3/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41658 · Foreign Corporation #41,658 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,658/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Menon Renewable…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Menon Renewable Products, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Merete Medical · this assignee

18
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merete's Innovation Score is 18.3/100 (5th 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.

Where Merete's grants concentrate

Merete Medical GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Merete sits between Menon Renewable Products, Inc. and Mespack Cloud, LLC.

Menon Renewable P…

6
Mercury Analytics

6
Mercury Studio

6
Mercurypm Pty

6
Merrick Engineeri…

6
Mertik Maxitrol &…

6
Mesa Laboratories

6
Mespack Cloud

6
Merete Medical ◀

6

What this shows Merete holds 6 patents at rank #41,730, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merete

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,730 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Merete's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Merete Medical GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	66.7%
2016	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Merete Medical GmbH patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#41,658

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

18.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Merete Medical GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merete Medical GmbH's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #41,658 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merete Medical GmbH against Menon Renewable Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.3/100 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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