Where does Merichem Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merichem Company ranks #14,132 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 Merichem Company hold?

Merichem Company holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Merichem Company's Innovation Score?

Merichem Company has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Merichem Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Merichem Company's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Merichem Company's patents?

Merichem Company's patents average 13.9 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 Merichem Company 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

Merichem Company

Q: What technology areas does Merichem Company focus on?

Merichem Company's top technology area is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes) with 15 patents, ranking #89 of 504 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merichem ranks #14,132 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 9 technology areas.

#14,132
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14132 · US Corporation #14,132 · 21 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,132/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magnetrol Internatio…
CPC-NARROW C10G · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magnetrol International, Incorporated (±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 Merichem’s 33.9 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 10.7 pts (32%) Velocity 4.2 pts (12%) Breadth 10.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Merichem · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merichem's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th 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 Merichem?

Each dot is one of Merichem’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). Merichem’s own 13.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Merichem's grants concentrate

Merichem Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Merichem sits between Magnetrol International, Incorporated and MineSense Technologies Ltd..

Merichem's three-year grant acceleration

Merichem Company shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Magnetrol Interna…

21
Malvern Panalytic…

21
Mara Renewables

21
Maschinenfabrik B…

21
Miba Frictec

21
Microsurgical Tec…

21
Microsoft Licensi…

21
Minesense

21
Merichem ◀

21

What this shows Merichem holds 21 patents at rank #14,138, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merichem

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,138 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS)

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

Merichem's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Merichem Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.8%
2017	1	4.8%
2018	1	4.8%
2019	4	19.0%
2020	4	19.0%
2021	3	14.3%
2022	4	19.0%
2023	3	14.3%

Which technologies does Merichem Company patent most?

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 15

B01D - Separation 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 13

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Merichem Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merichem Company's lead technology class is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10G
Ranked #14,132 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merichem Company against Magnetrol International, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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

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