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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. ranks #16,196 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 Industries, Inc. hold?

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 16 technology areas.

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

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th 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 Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. focus on?

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 12 patents, ranking #23 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

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

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.'s patents average 14.8 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 Metso Minerals 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

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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 #16,196 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 16 technology areas.

#16,196
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16196 · US Corporation #16,196 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,196/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medivis
CPC-FOCUS B02C · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medivis, Inc. (±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 34.0 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 10.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.7 pts (2%) Breadth 14.1 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Metso Minerals… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metso's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 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 14.8 claims/patent is at or below the 19.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Metso's grants concentrate

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Metso sits between Medivis, Inc. and Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH.

Metso's three-year grant acceleration

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

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18
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18
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18

What this shows Metso holds 18 patents at rank #16,199, 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 #16,199 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Metso's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	16.7%
2016	4	22.2%
2017	1	5.6%
2019	2	11.1%
2020	2	11.1%
2021	5	27.8%
2023	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 3

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 2

B30B - Presses IN General 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B01D - Separation 1

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B03B - Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 15 of 16 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 Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #16,196 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. against Medivis, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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