Where does Methven Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Methven Limited ranks #48,703 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 Methven Limited hold?

Methven Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Methven Limited's Innovation Score?

Methven Limited has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Methven Limited focus on?

Methven Limited's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Methven Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Methven Limited's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Methven Limited's patents?

Methven Limited's patents average 9.6 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 Methven Limited 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

Methven Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Methven ranks #48,703 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 1 technology areas.

#48,703
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 9.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48703 · Foreign Corporation #48,703 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,703/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metaco
CPC-NARROW B05B · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metaco Inc. (±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
Methven · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Methven's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (29th 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.

Where Methven's grants concentrate

Methven Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Methven sits between Metaco Inc. and MGD Innovations, Inc..

Methven's three-year grant acceleration

Methven Limited 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.

Metaco

5
Metal Improvement

5
Metal Work S P A

5
Metamorphosis

5
Metrik

5
Metromile

5
MGC Diagnostics

5
MGD Innovations

5
Methven ◀

5

What this shows Methven holds 5 patents at rank #48,609, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Methven

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,609 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Methven's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Methven Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Methven Limited patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#48,703

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.8 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

Methven Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Methven Limited's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #48,703 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Methven Limited against Metaco Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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.