Where does Meritool LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Meritool LLC ranks #48,680 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 Meritool LLC hold?

Meritool LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Meritool LLC's Innovation Score?

Meritool LLC has an Innovation Score of 21.4 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Meritool LLC focus on?

Meritool LLC's top technology area is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General) with 3 patents, ranking #130 of 569 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Meritool LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Meritool LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Meritool LLC's patents?

Meritool LLC's patents average 12.2 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 Meritool LLC 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

Meritool LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 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: B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Meritool ranks #48,680 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,680
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.4/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48680 · US Corporation #48,680 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,680/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mercedes Castillo
CPC-NARROW B05C · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mercedes Castillo LLC (±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 Meritool’s 21.4 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 (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Meritool · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Meritool's Innovation Score is 21.4/100 (8th 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 Meritool?

Each dot is one of Meritool’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). Meritool’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Meritool's grants concentrate

Meritool LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General). By volume, Meritool sits between Mercedes Castillo LLC and Merus Audio ApS.

Mercedes Castillo

5
Merctech Pty

5
Meri Environmenta…

5
Meridianlink

5
Mermet

5
Merry Products

5
Mersen USA Newbur…

5
Merus Audio Aps

5
Meritool ◀

5

What this shows Meritool holds 5 patents at rank #48,823, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Meritool

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,823 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces)

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

Meritool's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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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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Meritool LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Meritool LLC patent most?

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

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 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Meritool LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Meritool LLC's lead technology class is B05C (Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05C
Ranked #48,680 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Meritool LLC against Mercedes Castillo LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.4/100 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.