Where does Metall + Plastic GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metall + Plastic GmbH ranks #48,701 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 Metall + Plastic GmbH hold?

Metall + Plastic GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Metall + Plastic GmbH's Innovation Score?

Metall + Plastic GmbH has an Innovation Score of 44.8 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Metall + Plastic GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Metall + Plastic GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Metall + Plastic GmbH's patents?

Metall + Plastic GmbH's patents average 19.2 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.

How is the Metall + Plastic 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

Metall + Plastic GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Metall + Plastic GmbH focus on?

Metall + Plastic GmbH's top technology area is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles) with 5 patents, ranking #628 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metall ranks #48,701 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#48,701
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.8/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48701 · Foreign Corporation #48,701 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,701/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Meta4sys
CPC-NARROW A61L · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Meta4sys Limited (±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 Metall’s 44.8 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 7.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITÄTS… · near

45
Fiserv · near

45
Metall + Plastic · this assignee

45
Sterlite · near

45
Zhen Ding Technology · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metall's Innovation Score is 44.8/100 (top 25% 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 Metall?

Each dot is one of Metall’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). Metall’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Metall's grants concentrate

Metall + Plastic GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Metall sits between Meta4sys Limited and Metsä Board Oyj.

Metall's three-year grant acceleration

Metall + Plastic GmbH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Meta4sys

5
Metafluent

5
Metactive Medical

5
Metadata

5
Metirionic

5
Metselex

5
Metso Finland Oy

5
Metsä Board Oyj

5
Metall + Plastic ◀

5

What this shows Metall holds 5 patents at rank #48,838, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metall

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,838 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Metall, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…), Metall ranks #628 of 2,589 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Fiserv, Inc. 45 CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN Berlin 45 Zhen Ding Technology Co., Ltd. 45 Sterlite Technologies Limited 45

Metall's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Metall + Plastic GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	40.0%
2023	2	40.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Metall + Plastic GmbH patent most?

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

B01B - BOILING; Boiling Apparatus ; ; EVAPORATION; Evaporation Apparatus 1

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Metall + Plastic GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metall + Plastic GmbH's lead technology class is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #48,701 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metall + Plastic GmbH against Meta4sys Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.8/100 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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