Where does Methodics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Methodics, Inc. ranks #29,441 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 Methodics, Inc. hold?

Methodics, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Methodics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Methodics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Methodics, Inc. focus on?

Methodics, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Methodics, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Methodics, Inc.'s patents?

Methodics, Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 Methodics, 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

Methodics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Methodics ranks #29,441 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#29,441
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29441 · US Corporation #29,441 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,441/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Messer SE & KGaA
CPC-NARROW G06F · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Messer SE & Co. KGaA (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Methodics · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Methodics's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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.

Where Methodics's grants concentrate

Methodics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Methodics sits between Messer SE & Co. KGaA and MicaSense, Inc..

Methodics's three-year grant acceleration

Methodics, Inc. shows 5 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.

Messer SE & Kgaa

9
Metal Masters Foo…

9
Metalenz

9
Metamagnetics

9
Mettler-toledo (A…

9
Mettler-toledo Ga…

9
Miba emobility

9
Micasense

9
Methodics ◀

9

What this shows Methodics holds 9 patents at rank #29,468, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Methodics

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,468 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Methodics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Methodics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	22.2%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	3	33.3%
2024	1	11.1%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Methodics, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,441

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Methodics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Methodics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #29,441 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Methodics, Inc. against Messer SE & Co. KGaA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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.