Where does Metrologic Instruments, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metrologic Instruments, Inc. ranks #5,960 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 Metrologic Instruments, Inc. hold?

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Metrologic Instruments, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Metrologic Instruments, Inc. focus on?

Metrologic Instruments, Inc.'s top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 51 patents, ranking #49 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

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

Metrologic Instruments, 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 Metrologic Instruments, Inc.'s patents?

Metrologic Instruments, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Metrologic Instruments, 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

Metrologic Instruments, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metrologic ranks #5,960 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 20 technology areas.

#5,960
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5960 · US Corporation #5,960 · 57 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,960/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH La-Z-Boy Incorporated
CPC-FOCUS G06K · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: La-Z-Boy 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 Metrologic’s 41.5 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 14.0 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GE Jenbacher OG · near

42
Hyperfine Research · near

42
Innodisk · near

42
Metrologic Instruments · this assignee

42
Plasser & Theurer… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metrologic's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 Metrologic?

Each dot is one of Metrologic’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). Metrologic’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Metrologic's grants concentrate

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 89.5% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (25 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2019. By volume, Metrologic sits between La-Z-Boy Incorporated and North University OF China.

La-z-boy Incorpor…

57
Lyondell Chemical…

57
Mastercard Canada…

57
Medical Components

57
MGI Tech

57
Mitsui Chemicals…

57
Misonix

57
North University…

57
Metrologic Instru… ◀

57

What this shows Metrologic holds 57 patents at rank #5,958, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metrologic

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,958 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Metrologic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06K (Graphical Data Reading), Metrologic ranks #49 of 1,953 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. 42 Hyperfine Research, Inc. 42 GE Jenbacher GmbH Co OG 42 Innodisk Corporation 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Magseis FF LLC 19.4 avg Teledyne Instruments, Inc. 19.4 avg R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company 19.4 avg Illuscio, Inc. 19.4 avg

Metrologic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Metrologic Instruments, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	25	43.9%
2016	12	21.1%
2017	11	19.3%
2018	5	8.8%
2019	4	7.0%

Which technologies does Metrologic Instruments, Inc. patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 51

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G01G - Weighing 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

Top 15 of 20 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

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

Metrologic Instruments, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 89.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #5,960 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metrologic Instruments, Inc. against La-Z-Boy Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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

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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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