Where does Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH ranks #48,678 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 Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH hold?

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's Innovation Score?

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's patents?

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's patents average 18.6 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 Meri Environmental Solutions 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

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH focus on?

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's top technology area is Y02W (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management) with 3 patents, ranking #323 of 1,160 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 11 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: Y02W (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Meri ranks #48,678 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 11 technology areas.

#48,678
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48678 · Foreign Corporation #48,678 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,678/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Membrane Protective
CPC-FOCUS Y02W · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Membrane Protective Technologies, 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.

How Meri’s 35.7 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Meri's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 48% 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 Meri?

Each dot is one of Meri’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). Meri’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Meri's grants concentrate

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under Y02W (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Meri sits between Membrane Protective Technologies, Inc. and Merry Products Corporation.

Meri's three-year grant acceleration

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Meri holds 5 patents at rank #48,821, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Meri

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,821 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02W (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewa…)

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

Meri's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% 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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Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2018	2	40.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH patent most?

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

D21D - Treatment OF THE Materials Before Passing TO THE Paper-making Machine 1

D21B - Fibrous RAW Materials OR Their Mechanical Treatment 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 1

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

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B28C - Preparing CLAY; Producing Mixtures Containing Clay OR Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH's lead technology class is Y02W (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02W
Ranked #48,678 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH against Membrane Protective Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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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