Overall rank by patents
#48,687
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation
Merz Dental GmbH
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Merz ranks #48,687 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.
- #48,687
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 45th percentile
- by Innovation Score (33.6/100)
- 19.0
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R48687 · Foreign Corporation #48,687 · 5 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
- BOTTOM-DECILE #48,687/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Merry Products
- CPC-NARROW A61C · 7 areas
- INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Merry Products Corporation (±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.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Merz
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Merz Dental · this assignee 34
Merz Dental · this assignee
34 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Merz's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th 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.
Where Merz's grants concentrate
Merz Dental GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). By volume, Merz sits between Merry Products Corporation and Mesosphere, Inc..
Merz's three-year grant acceleration
Merz Dental GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.
Who files at Merz's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Merry Products
Merry Products Corporation
5 patents
- Mersen USA Newbur…
Mersen USA Newburyport-MA, LLC
5 patents
- Merus Audio Aps
Merus Audio ApS
5 patents
- Merus B V
Merus B.V.
5 patents
- Merz Pharmaceutic…
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC
5 patents
- Mescal IT Systems
Mescal IT Systems, Ltd.
5 patents
- Meshplusplus
MeshPlusPlus, Inc.
5 patents
- Mesosphere
Mesosphere, Inc.
5 patents
- Merz Dental ◀
Merz Dental GmbH
5 patents
What this shows Merz holds 5 patents at rank #48,829, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Merz
By rank, the assignees closest to #48,829 in granted patent volume.
- Merry Products Corporation #48,825 · 5 patents
- Mersen USA Newburyport-MA, LLC #48,826 · 5 patents
- Merus Audio ApS #48,827 · 5 patents
- Merus B.V. #48,828 · 5 patents
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC #48,830 · 5 patents
- Mescal IT Systems, Ltd. #48,831 · 5 patents
- MeshPlusPlus, Inc. #48,832 · 5 patents
- Mesosphere, Inc. #48,833 · 5 patents
Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Merz's primary technology class.
Merz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 20.0% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 20.0% |
Which technologies does Merz Dental GmbH patent most?
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
What to do with this data
Merz Dental GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Merz Dental GmbH's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
- Ranked #48,687 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Merz Dental GmbH against Merry Products Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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.
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.