Where does Metal Casting Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metal Casting Technology, Inc. ranks #41,670 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 Metal Casting Technology, Inc. hold?

Metal Casting Technology, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Metal Casting Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Metal Casting Technology, Inc. focus on?

Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is B22C (Foundry Moulding) with 4 patents, ranking #30 of 136 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s patents?

Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Metal Casting Technology, Inc. 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

Metal Casting Technology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B22C (Foundry Moulding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metal ranks #41,670 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#41,670
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41670 · US Corporation #41,670 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,670/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mespack Cloud
CPC-NARROW B22C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mespack Cloud, 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 Metal’s 37.1 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 (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 5.0 pts (14%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (32%)

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What this shows Metal's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 45% 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 Metal?

Each dot is one of Metal’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). Metal’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Metal's grants concentrate

Metal Casting Technology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B22C (Foundry Moulding). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Metal sits between Mespack Cloud, LLC and Metso Minerals (Sweden) AB.

Metal's three-year grant acceleration

Metal Casting Technology, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Metal holds 6 patents at rank #41,738, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metal

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,738 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22C (Foundry Moulding)

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

Metal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Metal Casting Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2020	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Metal Casting Technology, Inc. patent most?

B22C - Foundry Moulding 4

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 4

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

Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metal Casting Technology, Inc.'s lead technology class is B22C (Foundry Moulding), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22C
Ranked #41,670 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metal Casting Technology, Inc. against Mespack Cloud, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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

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.