Where does Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. ranks #29,438 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 Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. hold?

Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.2 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'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 Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'s patents?

Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'s patents average 15.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. focus on?

Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'s top technology area is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters) with 7 patents, ranking #59 of 482 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., 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 PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metal ranks #29,438 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#29,438
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.2/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29438 · US Corporation #29,438 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,438/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MemryX Incorporated
CPC-NARROW A47F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MemryX Incorporated (±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 23.2 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 8.0 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Metal's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (12th 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 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 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 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 Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters). By volume, Metal sits between MemryX Incorporated and Mettler-Toledo (Albstadt) GmbH.

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9
Merck Chemicals a…

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Merck Millipore

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Messer SE & Kgaa

9
Metalenz

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Metamagnetics

9
Methodics

9
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9
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9

What this shows Metal holds 9 patents at rank #29,465, 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 #29,465 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47F (Special Furniture)

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)

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	33.3%
2017	3	33.3%
2018	3	33.3%

Which technologies does Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. patent most?

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 7

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 3

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 2

Top 3 of 3 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 Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47F
Ranked #29,438 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metal Masters Foodservice Equipment Co., Inc. against MemryX Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.2/100 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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