Where does Metso Minerals, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metso Minerals, Inc. ranks #6,173 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 Metso Minerals, Inc. hold?

Metso Minerals, Inc. holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Metso Minerals, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Metso Minerals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Metso Minerals, Inc. focus on?

Metso Minerals, Inc.'s top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 49 patents, ranking #2 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Metso Minerals, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Metso Minerals, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Metso Minerals, Inc.'s patents?

Metso Minerals, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 Metso Minerals, 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 Foreign Corporation

Metso Minerals, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 17 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metso ranks #6,173 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 17 technology areas.

#6,173
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6173 · Foreign Corporation #6,173 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,173/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mahle Filter…
CPC-FOCUS B02C · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mahle Filter Systems Japan 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 Metso’s 38.8 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 13.9 pts (36%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 14.6 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cradlepoint · near

39
Jahwa · near

39
Metso Minerals · this assignee

39
Permobil AB · near

39
Rainbow Medical · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metso's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 Metso?

Each dot is one of Metso’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). Metso’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Metso's grants concentrate

Metso Minerals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 89.1% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Metso sits between MAN Truck & Bus SE and National University Corporation University of Toyama.

Metso's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Metso Minerals, Inc. moved from 24 to 4 grants (0.17x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

MAN Truck & Bus SE

55
Medicrea Internat…

55
Microport Orthope…

55
Mahle Filter Syst…

55
Micro Focus Softw…

55
Minimax Viking Re…

55
Musashi Seimitsu…

55
National Universi…

55
Metso Minerals ◀

55

What this shows Metso holds 55 patents at rank #6,173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Metso

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,173 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Metso, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B02C (Crushing), Metso ranks #2 of 384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd. 39 Rainbow Medical Ltd. 39 Cradlepoint, Inc. 39 Permobil AB 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.3 here).

Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg 15.3 avg Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V 15.3 avg Nivarox-FAR S.A. 15.3 avg LX Semicon Co., Ltd. 15.3 avg

Metso's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Metso Minerals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	10.9%
2016	5	9.1%
2017	10	18.2%
2018	6	10.9%
2019	5	9.1%
2020	17	30.9%
2021	2	3.6%
2022	4	7.3%

Which technologies does Metso Minerals, Inc. patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 49

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 18

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Metso Minerals, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metso Minerals, Inc.'s lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 89.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #6,173 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metso Minerals, Inc. against MAN Truck & Bus SE, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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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