Where does Metro International Biotech, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metro International Biotech, LLC ranks #16,194 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 Metro International Biotech, LLC hold?

Metro International Biotech, LLC holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Metro International Biotech, LLC's Innovation Score?

Metro International Biotech, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Metro International Biotech, LLC focus on?

Metro International Biotech, LLC's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 17 patents, ranking #1,155 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Metro International Biotech, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Metro International Biotech, LLC's recent grant velocity is +140% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Metro International Biotech, LLC's patents?

Metro International Biotech, LLC's patents average 19.8 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 Metro International Biotech, LLC 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

Metro International Biotech, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metro ranks #16,194 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 7 technology areas.

#16,194
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +140%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16194 · US Corporation #16,194 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,194/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MeadWestvaco
CPC-NARROW A61P · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +140% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MeadWestvaco Corporation (±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 Metro’s 39.0 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 10.2 pts (26%) Velocity 7.6 pts (19%) Breadth 9.4 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Metro International… · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metro's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 Metro?

Each dot is one of Metro’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). Metro’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Metro's grants concentrate

Metro International Biotech, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 94.4% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Metro sits between MeadWestvaco Corporation and Mimecast North America, Inc..

Metro's three-year grant acceleration

Metro International Biotech, LLC shows 8 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.

Meadwestvaco

18
Medivis

18
Metaio

18
Metavention

18
Metso Minerals In…

18
Metso Outotec USA

18
Michael Weinig

18
Mimecast North Am…

18
Metro Internation… ◀

18

What this shows Metro holds 18 patents at rank #16,198, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metro

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,198 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Metro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Metro International Biotech, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	11.1%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	5	27.8%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Metro International Biotech, LLC patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 17

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 17

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 15

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 7

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Metro International Biotech, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metro International Biotech, LLC's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 94.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #16,194 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metro International Biotech, LLC against MeadWestvaco Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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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