Where does Metrotech Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metrotech Corporation ranks #16,992 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 Metrotech Corporation hold?

Metrotech Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Metrotech Corporation's Innovation Score?

Metrotech Corporation has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Metrotech Corporation focus on?

Metrotech Corporation's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 15 patents, ranking #67 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Metrotech Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Metrotech Corporation'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 Metrotech Corporation's patents?

Metrotech Corporation's patents average 13.9 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 Metrotech Corporation 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

Metrotech Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metrotech ranks #16,992 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,992
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16992 · US Corporation #16,992 · 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 #16,992/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MCM Global
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MCM Global AG (±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 Metrotech’s 33.5 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 10.0 pts (30%) Velocity 1.9 pts (6%) Breadth 13.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Metrotech · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metrotech's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (44th percentile 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 Metrotech?

Each dot is one of Metrotech’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). Metrotech’s own 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Metrotech's grants concentrate

Metrotech Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Metrotech sits between MCM Global AG and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd..

Metrotech's three-year grant acceleration

Metrotech Corporation shows 2 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.

MCM Global

17
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Metrotech ◀

17

What this shows Metrotech holds 17 patents at rank #16,979, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metrotech

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,979 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Metrotech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Metrotech Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	5	29.4%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	5	29.4%
2022	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Metrotech Corporation patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 15

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H04B - Transmission 3

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Metrotech Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metrotech Corporation's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #16,992 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metrotech Corporation against MCM Global AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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

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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