Where does Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. ranks #12,555 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 Solutions Inc. hold?

Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +143% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.'s patents?

Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.'s patents average 16.5 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 Merge Healthcare Solutions 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

Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. focus on?

Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.'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 20 patents, ranking #244 of 3,149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: 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 #12,555 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 10 technology areas.

#12,555
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: +143%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12555 · US Corporation #12,555 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,555/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Marioff OY
CPC-FOCUS G16H · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +143% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Marioff Corporation OY (±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 32.2 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 11.1 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Merge Healthcare… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merge's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th 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 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 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 Solutions Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 83.3% 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 2020 (13 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2021. By volume, Merge sits between Marioff Corporation OY and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Technology Corporation.

Marioff OY

24
Masontops

24
Mdsave Shared Ser…

24
Medicon Pharmaceu…

24
Mi-jack Products

24
Micromidas

24
Mitac Internation…

24
Mitsubishi Heavy…

24
Merge Healthcare… ◀

24

What this shows Merge holds 24 patents at rank #12,544, 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 #12,544 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 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	7	29.2%
2020	13	54.2%
2021	4	16.7%

Which technologies does Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 10

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 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 Solutions Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc.'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), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #12,555 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merge Healthcare Solutions Inc. against Marioff Corporation OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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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