Where does Merial Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merial Inc. ranks #3,503 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 Merial Inc. hold?

Merial Inc. holds 105 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Merial Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Merial Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Merial Inc. focus on?

Merial Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 85 patents, ranking #225 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is Merial Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Merial Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Merial Inc.'s patents?

Merial Inc.'s patents average 17.6 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 Merial 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

Merial Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 105 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merial ranks #3,503 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 105 patents across 36 technology areas.

#3,503
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3503 · US Corporation #3,503 · 105 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 105 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,503/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hewlett-Packard…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. (±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 Merial’s 47.9 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 16.1 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 21.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ansaldo Energia IP UK · near

48
Merial · this assignee

48
Purple Innovation · near

48
Segos · near

48
Synthes · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merial's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 Merial?

Each dot is one of Merial’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). Merial’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Merial's grants concentrate

Merial Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 81% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (30 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Merial sits between Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V. and Navitas Semiconductor Limited.

Hewlett-packard I…

105
Hyundai Kefico

105
Imperva

105
LM WP Patent Hold…

105
Maxeon Solar Pte

105
Nanosys

105
National Universi…

105
Navitas Semicondu…

105
Merial ◀

105

What this shows Merial holds 105 patents at rank #3,502, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merial

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,502 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Merial, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Merial ranks #225 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Ansaldo Energia IP UK Limited 48 Purple Innovation, LLC 48 Segos Co., Ltd. 48 Synthes GmbH 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Board of Trustees of the Univeristy of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville 17.6 avg Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. 17.6 avg Group14 Technologies, Inc. 17.6 avg Fastly, Inc. 17.6 avg

Merial's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Merial Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	28.6%
2016	18	17.1%
2017	25	23.8%
2018	24	22.9%
2019	7	6.7%
2020	1	1.0%

Which technologies does Merial Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 85

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 80

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 47

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 29

C07K - Peptides 28

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 28

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 9

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 5

A23K - Fodder 4

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 4

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 4

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 4

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Merial Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merial Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 81% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,503 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merial Inc. against Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.