Where does Messer Cutting Systems GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Messer Cutting Systems GmbH ranks #41,666 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 Messer Cutting Systems GmbH hold?

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's Innovation Score?

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH has an Innovation Score of 26.2 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's patents?

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's patents average 13.8 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 Messer Cutting Systems GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Messer Cutting Systems GmbH focus on?

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 6 patents, ranking #335 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Messer ranks #41,666 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#41,666
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.2/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41666 · Foreign Corporation #41,666 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,666/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Merrick Engineering
CPC-FOCUS B23K · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Merrick Engineering, 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 Messer’s 26.2 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 6.7 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Messer Cutting Systems · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Messer's Innovation Score is 26.2/100 (20th 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 Messer?

Each dot is one of Messer’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). Messer’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Messer's grants concentrate

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Messer sits between Merrick Engineering, Inc. and MetrioPharm AG.

Merrick Engineeri…

6
Mertik Maxitrol &…

6
Mesa Laboratories

6
Mespack Cloud

6
Metabolic Solutio…

6
Metagenomi

6
Metal Casting Tec…

6
Metriopharm

6
Messer Cutting Sy… ◀

6

What this shows Messer holds 6 patents at rank #41,735, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Messer

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,735 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Messer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Messer Cutting Systems GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2019	4	66.7%

Which technologies does Messer Cutting Systems GmbH patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

F23D - Burners 1

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Messer Cutting Systems GmbH's lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #41,666 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Messer Cutting Systems GmbH against Merrick Engineering, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.2/100 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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