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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metal Fusion, Inc. ranks #11,732 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 Fusion, Inc. hold?

Metal Fusion, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Metal Fusion, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Metal Fusion, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% 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 Fusion, Inc. focus on?

Metal Fusion, Inc.'s top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 25 patents, ranking #41 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Metal Fusion, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Metal Fusion, Inc.'s patents?

Metal Fusion, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 Fusion, 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 Fusion, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metal ranks #11,732 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 11 technology areas.

#11,732
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11732 · US Corporation #11,732 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,732/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Martin Engineering
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Martin Engineering Company (±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 37.6 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 11.4 pts (30%) Velocity 3.8 pts (10%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dawn Equipment · near

38
Dcentralized Systems · near

38
Levitation Sciences · near

38
Metal Fusion · this assignee

38
Occipital · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metal's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 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 Fusion, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 96.2% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Metal sits between Martin Engineering Company and Nagrastar LLC.

Metal's three-year grant acceleration

Metal Fusion, Inc. shows 4 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.

Martin Engineering

26
Mauser Werke

26
Max-delbrück-cent…

26
Medlumics S L

26
Mighty Oak Medical

26
Monolith Materials

26
Monrovia Nursery

26
Nagrastar

26
Metal Fusion ◀

26

What this shows Metal holds 26 patents at rank #11,737, 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 #11,737 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Metal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), Metal ranks #41 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Levitation Sciences LLC 38 Occipital, Inc. 38 Dawn Equipment Company 38 Dcentralized Systems, Inc. 38

Metal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Fusion, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	19.2%
2016	1	3.8%
2017	4	15.4%
2018	5	19.2%
2019	3	11.5%
2020	2	7.7%
2021	2	7.7%
2023	3	11.5%
2024	1	3.8%

Which technologies does Metal Fusion, Inc. patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 25

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 4

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 3

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F23D - Burners 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Fusion, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metal Fusion, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 96.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #11,732 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metal Fusion, Inc. against Martin Engineering Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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.

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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