Where does Merge Healthcare Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merge Healthcare Incorporated ranks #20,072 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 Merge Healthcare Incorporated hold?

Merge Healthcare Incorporated holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Merge Healthcare Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Merge Healthcare Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 31.5 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Merge Healthcare Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Merge Healthcare Incorporated'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 Merge Healthcare Incorporated's patents?

Merge Healthcare Incorporated's patents average 18.3 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 Merge Healthcare Incorporated 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

Merge Healthcare Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Merge Healthcare Incorporated focus on?

Merge Healthcare Incorporated's top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 13 patents, ranking #379 of 3,149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merge ranks #20,072 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 10 technology areas.

#20,072
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.5/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20072 · US Corporation #20,072 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,072/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mayeaux Holding
CPC-FOCUS G16H · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mayeaux Holding, LLC (±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 Merge’s 31.5 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 9.4 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Merge Healthcare… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Merge's Innovation Score is 31.5/100 (38th 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 Merge?

Each dot is one of Merge’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). Merge’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Merge's grants concentrate

Merge Healthcare Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Merge sits between Mayeaux Holding, LLC and Minima Processor OY.

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14
Merge Healthcare… ◀

14

What this shows Merge holds 14 patents at rank #20,049, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merge

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,049 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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

Merge's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

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

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Merge Healthcare Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	28.6%
2017	3	21.4%
2018	3	21.4%
2019	4	28.6%

Which technologies does Merge Healthcare Incorporated patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 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

Merge Healthcare Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated's lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #20,072 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merge Healthcare Incorporated against Mayeaux Holding, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.5/100 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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