Where does Merlin Labs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merlin Labs, Inc. ranks #20,073 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 Merlin Labs, Inc. hold?

Merlin Labs, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Merlin Labs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Merlin Labs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.2 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Merlin Labs, Inc. focus on?

Merlin Labs, Inc.'s top technology area is G08G (Traffic Control Systems) with 13 patents, ranking #196 of 1,183 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Merlin Labs, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Merlin Labs, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Merlin Labs, Inc.'s patents?

Merlin Labs, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Merlin Labs, 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

Merlin Labs, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: G08G (Traffic Control Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merlin ranks #20,073 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 7 technology areas.

#20,073
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.2/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20073 · US Corporation #20,073 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,073/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medipixel
CPC-NARROW G08G · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medipixel, 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 Merlin’s 49.2 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 9.4 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Freenome Holdings · near

49
Merlin Labs · this assignee

49
Onward Medical · near

49
Oxilio · near

49
Rapsodo PTE · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merlin's Innovation Score is 49.2/100 (top 15% 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 Merlin?

Each dot is one of Merlin’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). Merlin’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Merlin's grants concentrate

Merlin Labs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under G08G (Traffic Control Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Merlin sits between Medipixel, Inc. and Metrospec Technology, L.L.C..

Merlin's three-year grant acceleration

Merlin Labs, Inc. shows 12 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.

Medipixel

14
Meinan Machinery…

14
Memverge

14
Mercer Internatio…

14
Mestek Machinery

14
Metamodix

14
Metrasens

14
Metrospec Technol…

14
Merlin Labs ◀

14

What this shows Merlin holds 14 patents at rank #20,090, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Merlin

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,090 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08G (Traffic Control Systems)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Merlin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G08G (Traffic Control Systems), Merlin ranks #196 of 1,183 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Rapsodo PTE. Ltd. 49 Freenome Holdings, Inc. 49 Onward Medical N.V. 49 Oxilio Ltd 49

Merlin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Merlin Labs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	14.3%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	8	57.1%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Merlin Labs, Inc. patent most?

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 13

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Merlin Labs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Merlin Labs, Inc.'s lead technology class is G08G (Traffic Control Systems), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08G
Ranked #20,073 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merlin Labs, Inc. against Medipixel, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.2/100 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

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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