Overall rank by patents
#5,960
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Metrologic ranks #5,960 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 20 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
GE Jenbacher OG · near
42 score
Hyperfine Research · near
42 score
Innodisk · near
42 score
Metrologic Instruments · this assignee
42 score
Plasser & Theurer Ex… · near
42 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Metrologic Instruments, Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #5,960 of 50,000; Innovation Score 41.5/100 sits in the top 33% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is La-z-boy Incorporated (±0 grants).
Metrologic Instruments, Inc. has been granted 57 US utility patents between 2015 and 2019, placing Metrologic Instruments, Inc. at #5,960 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 20 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06K (GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS). As a US Corporation, Metrologic Instruments, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Metrologic sits between La-z-boy Incorporated (57 patents, rank #5,954) and North University OF China (57 patents, rank #5,962) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 57 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Metrologic Instruments, Inc.'s 19.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 20 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
La-Z-Boy Incorporated
57 patents
Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.
57 patents
MASTERCARD TECHNOLOGIES CANADA ULC
57 patents
MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC.
57 patents
MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
57 patents
MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
57 patents
Misonix, LLC
57 patents
NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
57 patents
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.
57 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #5,958 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Metrologic's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Metrologic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).
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 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 15 of 20 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#5,960
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.5 out of 100
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