Where does Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. ranks #10,683 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 Life Isurance Co. hold?

Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Metropolitan Life Isurance Co.'s Innovation Score?

Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Metropolitan Life Isurance Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Metropolitan Life Isurance Co.'s recent grant velocity is +233% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Metropolitan Life Isurance Co.'s patents?

Metropolitan Life Isurance Co.'s patents average 13.8 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 Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. 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 Life Isurance Co.

Q: What technology areas does Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. focus on?

Metropolitan Life Isurance Co.'s top technology area is 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) with 24 patents, ranking #557 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metropolitan ranks #10,683 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 11 technology areas.

#10,683
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +233%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10683 · US Corporation #10,683 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,683/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magna Powertrain…
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +233% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magna Powertrain BAD Homburg GMBH (±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 35.6 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 11.7 pts (33%) Velocity 3.8 pts (11%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elfa International AB · near

36
Euchner + KG · near

36
Marel Townsend… · near

36
Metropolitan Life… · this assignee

36
Synthetic Biologics · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metropolitan's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 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 Life Isurance Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 82.8% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Metropolitan sits between Magna Powertrain BAD Homburg GMBH and MSC.Software Corporation.

Metropolitan's three-year grant acceleration

Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Magna Powertrain…

29
Matscitechno Lice…

29
Mbte Holdings Swe…

29
Mellanox Silicon…

29
Micware

29
Milgard Manufactu…

29
Molo Design

29
MSC Software

29
Metropolitan Life… ◀

29

What this shows Metropolitan holds 29 patents at rank #10,680, 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 #10,680 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Metropolitan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Metropolitan ranks #557 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Euchner GmbH + Co. KG 36 Synthetic Biologics, Inc. 36 Elfa International AB 36 Marel Townsend Further Processing B.V. 36

Metropolitan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	6.9%
2018	2	6.9%
2019	2	6.9%
2020	8	27.6%
2021	4	13.8%
2022	3	10.3%
2023	3	10.3%
2024	2	6.9%
2025partial year	3	10.3%

Which technologies does Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. patent most?

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 24

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Life Isurance Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metropolitan Life Isurance Co.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 82.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #10,683 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metropolitan Life Isurance Co. against Magna Powertrain BAD Homburg GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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