Where does Merit Medical Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merit Medical Systems, Inc. ranks #1,620 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 Merit Medical Systems, Inc. hold?

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. holds 255 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.2 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +30% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Merit Medical Systems, 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

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Merit Medical Systems, Inc. focus on?

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 130 patents, ranking #62 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 255 granted patents across 47 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merit ranks #1,620 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 255 patents across 47 technology areas.

#1,620
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.2/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1620 · US Corporation #1,620 · 255 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 255 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,620/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biomerieux
CPC-WIDE A61M · 47 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biomerieux, 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 Merit’s 57.2 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 19.2 pts (34%) Velocity 4.4 pts (8%) Breadth 24.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Andritz OY · near

57
Hall Labs · near

57
Merit Medical Systems · this assignee

57
Toyobo MC · near

57
ASC Engineered… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merit's Innovation Score is 57.2/100 (top 5% 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 Merit?

Each dot is one of Merit’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). Merit’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Merit's grants concentrate

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 51% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (40 grants) versus a trough of 16 in 2016. By volume, Merit sits between STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd and Shin-etsu Handotai Co., Ltd..

Merit's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. moved from 101 to 66 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,300. See the growth leaderboard.

Stmicroelectronic…

256
Biomerieux

255
Givaudan

255
Memjet Technology

255
Nanjing University

255
Z124

255
Merit Medical Sys… ◀

255
Mitsui Mining & S…

254
Shin-etsu Handotai

254

What this shows Merit holds 255 patents at rank #1,620, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merit

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,620 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Merit, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Merit ranks #62 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Hall Labs LLC 57 Andritz OY 57 Toyobo MC Corporation 57 ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas 15.7 avg Kakao Corp. 15.7 avg Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 15.7 avg Plastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research 15.7 avg

Merit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Merit Medical Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	7.5%
2016	16	6.3%
2017	20	7.8%
2018	19	7.5%
2019	31	12.2%
2020	40	15.7%
2021	30	11.8%
2022	22	8.6%
2023	27	10.6%
2024	17	6.7%
2025partial year	14	5.5%

Which technologies does Merit Medical Systems, Inc. patent most?

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 130

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 109

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 70

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 35

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 11

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 10

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 8

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 8

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 8

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 6

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 5

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 5

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

Top 15 of 47 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

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 51% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #1,620 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merit Medical Systems, Inc. against STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.2/100 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

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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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