Where does Mertek Industries, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mertek Industries, LLC ranks #18,893 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 Mertek Industries, LLC hold?

Mertek Industries, LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Mertek Industries, LLC's Innovation Score?

Mertek Industries, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Mertek Industries, LLC's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Mertek Industries, LLC's patents?

Mertek Industries, LLC's patents average 18.5 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 Mertek Industries, 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

Mertek Industries, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Mertek Industries, LLC focus on?

Mertek Industries, LLC's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 14 patents, ranking #221 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 13 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mertek ranks #18,893 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 13 technology areas.

#18,893
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18893 · US Corporation #18,893 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,893/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mechanix Wear
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mechanix Wear 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 Mertek’s 35.3 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 9.6 pts (27%) Velocity 1.9 pts (5%) Breadth 12.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mertek Industries · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mertek's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 Mertek?

Each dot is one of Mertek’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). Mertek’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mertek's grants concentrate

Mertek Industries, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Mertek sits between Mechanix Wear LLC and Midea America Corp..

Mertek's three-year grant acceleration

Mertek Industries, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Mechanix Wear

15
Medasense Biometr…

15
Megmilk Snow Brand

15
Merck Kgaa

15
Metgen OY

15
Michael HÖRAUF Ma…

15
Microbial Discove…

15
Midea America

15
Mertek Industries ◀

15

What this shows Mertek holds 15 patents at rank #18,876, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mertek

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,876 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Mertek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% 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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Mertek Industries, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	3	20.0%
2020	4	26.7%
2023	2	13.3%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Mertek Industries, LLC patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 14

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

H04Q - Selecting 5

H04B - Transmission 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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What to do with this data

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

Mertek Industries, LLC's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #18,893 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mertek Industries, LLC against Mechanix Wear LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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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