Where does Metabank rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metabank ranks #22,980 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 Metabank hold?

Metabank holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Metabank's Innovation Score?

Metabank has an Innovation Score of 23.8 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Metabank's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Metabank's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Metabank's patents?

Metabank's patents average 12.8 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 Metabank 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

Metabank

Q: What technology areas does Metabank focus on?

Metabank's top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 12 patents, ranking #1,065 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metabank ranks #22,980 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 2 technology areas.

#22,980
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22980 · US Corporation #22,980 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,980/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Memsen
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Memsen Electronics 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 Metabank’s 23.8 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 8.9 pts (37%) Velocity 2.2 pts (9%) Breadth 5.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Metabank · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metabank's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th 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 Metabank?

Each dot is one of Metabank’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). Metabank’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Metabank's grants concentrate

Metabank is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Metabank sits between Memsen Electronics Inc. and Micronics, Inc..

Metabank's three-year grant acceleration

Metabank shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Memsen

12
Menlo Therapeutics

12
Merry Yard Intern…

12
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12
Metalysis

12
MHI Health Devices

12
Micro Matic A/S

12
Micronics

12
Metabank ◀

12

What this shows Metabank holds 12 patents at rank #22,944, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metabank

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,944 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Metabank's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Metabank patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	2	16.7%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Metabank patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

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

Metabank's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metabank's lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #22,980 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metabank against Memsen Electronics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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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