Where does Metropolitan Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metropolitan Industries, Inc. ranks #16,991 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 Metropolitan Industries, Inc. hold?

Metropolitan Industries, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Metropolitan Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Metropolitan Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Metropolitan Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -30% 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 Metropolitan Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Metropolitan Industries, Inc.'s patents average 15.2 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 Metropolitan Industries, 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

Metropolitan Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Metropolitan Industries, Inc. focus on?

Metropolitan Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils) with 6 patents, ranking #192 of 960 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metropolitan ranks #16,991 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 24 technology areas.

#16,991
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16991 · US Corporation #16,991 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,991/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medrobotics
CPC-FOCUS H02P · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medrobotics 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 Metropolitan’s 39.7 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 10.0 pts (25%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 17.3 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Metropolitan… · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metropolitan's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 Metropolitan?

Each dot is one of Metropolitan’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). Metropolitan’s own 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Metropolitan's grants concentrate

Metropolitan Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 35.3% of grants classified under H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Metropolitan sits between Medrobotics Corporation and MoveStrong Functional Fitness Equipment LLC.

Metropolitan's three-year grant acceleration

Metropolitan Industries, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Medrobotics

17
Medway Plastics

17
Memray

17
Messageone

17
Mindbody

17
Minted

17
Motio

17
Movestrong Functi…

17
Metropolitan Indu… ◀

17

What this shows Metropolitan holds 17 patents at rank #17,005, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metropolitan

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,005 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors)

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

Metropolitan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Metropolitan Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	1	5.9%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	4	23.5%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	1	5.9%
2024	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Metropolitan Industries, Inc. patent most?

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 6

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 5

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 5

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

Top 15 of 24 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

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

Metropolitan Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02P
Ranked #16,991 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metropolitan Industries, Inc. against Medrobotics Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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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