Where does Mertec, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mertec, LLC ranks #3,851 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 Mertec, LLC hold?

Mertec, LLC holds 94 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Mertec, LLC's Innovation Score?

Mertec, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th 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 Mertec, LLC focus on?

Mertec, LLC's top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 94 patents, ranking #14 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mertec, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mertec, LLC's recent grant velocity is +62% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Mertec, LLC's patents?

Mertec, LLC's patents average 19.7 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 Mertec, 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

Mertec, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 2 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: A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mertec ranks #3,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 2 technology areas.

#3,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3851 · US Corporation #3,851 · 94 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kuraray Noritake…
CPC-NARROW A01H · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kuraray Noritake Dental 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 Mertec’s 35.0 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 15.7 pts (45%) Velocity 2.4 pts (7%) Breadth 5.0 pts (14%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aliphcom · near

35
Bercom International · near

35
J D Franco & · near

35
Jetoptera · near

35
Mertec · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mertec's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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 Mertec?

Each dot is one of Mertec’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). Mertec’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mertec's grants concentrate

Mertec, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Mertec sits between Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc. and Plume Design, Inc..

Mertec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mertec, LLC moved from 39 to 14 grants (0.36x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Kuraray Noritake…

94
Liebherr-componen…

94
Magna Steyr Fahrz…

94
Mbit Wireless

94
Mimedx Group

94
Mitsuboshi Belting

94
National Universi…

94
Plume Design

94
Mertec ◀

94

What this shows Mertec holds 94 patents at rank #3,851, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mertec

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,851 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mertec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01H (NEW Plants OR), Mertec ranks #14 of 285 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Aliphcom 35 Bercom International, LLC 35 J.D. Franco & Co., LLC 35 Jetoptera, Inc. 35

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC 19.7 avg Hypres, Inc. 19.7 avg BMC Software, Inc. 19.7 avg Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 19.7 avg

Mertec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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Mertec, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.3%
2016	2	2.1%
2017	9	9.6%
2018	8	8.5%
2019	6	6.4%
2020	16	17.0%
2021	17	18.1%
2022	1	1.1%
2023	12	12.8%
2024	1	1.1%
2025partial year	18	19.1%

Which technologies does Mertec, LLC patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 94

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 12

Top 2 of 2 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

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

Mertec, LLC's lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #3,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mertec, LLC against Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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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