Where does Merlin Technology Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Merlin Technology Inc. ranks #2,561 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 Technology Inc. hold?

Merlin Technology Inc. holds 152 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Merlin Technology Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Merlin Technology Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Merlin Technology Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Merlin Technology Inc.'s patents?

Merlin Technology Inc.'s patents average 13.2 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 Merlin Technology 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 Technology Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Merlin Technology Inc. focus on?

Merlin Technology Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 99 patents. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 152 granted patents across 28 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Merlin ranks #2,561 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 152 patents across 28 technology areas.

#2,561
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2561 · US Corporation #2,561 · 152 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 152 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,561/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intra-cellular…
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intra-cellular Therapies, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ethox Chemicals · near

48
SureFire · near

48
AWES ME · near

48
Eads Deutschland · near

48
Merlin Technology · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Merlin's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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.

Where Merlin's grants concentrate

Merlin Technology Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 65.1% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (24 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Merlin sits between Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc. and Sofradim Production.

Merlin's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Merlin Technology Inc. moved from 55 to 33 grants (0.60x 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 #2,446. See the growth leaderboard.

Intra-cellular Th…

152
Joyson Safety Sys…

152
Mitsui Kinzoku ACT

152
Mannkind

152
Nanotek Instrumen…

152
Nevro

152
Peregrine Semicon…

152
Sofradim Producti…

152
Merlin Technology ◀

152

What this shows Merlin holds 152 patents at rank #2,562, 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 #2,562 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Eads Deutschland GmbH 48 AWES.ME, Inc. 48 SureFire, LLC 48 Ethox Chemicals, LLC 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.2 here).

Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation 13.2 avg ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG 13.2 avg Gyrus Medical Limited 13.2 avg HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC 13.2 avg

Merlin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Merlin Technology Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	3.9%
2016	24	15.8%
2017	18	11.8%
2018	11	7.2%
2019	19	12.5%
2020	16	10.5%
2021	20	13.2%
2022	9	5.9%
2023	14	9.2%
2024	10	6.6%
2025partial year	5	3.3%

Which technologies does Merlin Technology Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 99

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 63

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 19

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 11

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 10

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

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 8

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 7

H04B - Transmission 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

Top 15 of 28 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,561

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Merlin Technology Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 65.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #2,561 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Merlin Technology Inc. against Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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