Where does Metso Outotec Finland Oy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Metso Outotec Finland Oy ranks #8,869 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 Outotec Finland Oy hold?

Metso Outotec Finland Oy holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Metso Outotec Finland Oy's Innovation Score?

Metso Outotec Finland Oy has an Innovation Score of 61.0 out of 100 (top 3% 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 Outotec Finland Oy focus on?

Metso Outotec Finland Oy's top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 10 patents, ranking #26 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Metso Outotec Finland Oy's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Metso Outotec Finland Oy.

What does claim depth mean for Metso Outotec Finland Oy's patents?

Metso Outotec Finland Oy's patents average 17.6 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 Outotec Finland Oy 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 Outotec Finland Oy

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Metso ranks #8,869 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 26 technology areas.

#8,869
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8869 · Foreign Corporation #8,869 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,869/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Matsing
CPC-FOCUS B02C · 26 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Matsing, 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 61.0 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 12.5 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 18.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Autonetworks · near

61
Metso Outotec… · this assignee

61
Nanyang Technologica… · near

61
Tula eTechnology · near

61
Carbon Technology… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Metso's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (top 3% 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 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 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 Outotec Finland Oy is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 27.8% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (13 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Metso sits between Matsing, Inc. and Nagaki Seiki Co., Ltd..

Metso's three-year grant acceleration

Metso Outotec Finland Oy shows 27 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Matsing

36
Matsuura Machinery

36
May Mobility

36
Membrane Technolo…

36
Mitsui Engineerin…

36
Mortarless

36
Multimatic

36
Nagaki Seiki

36
Metso Outotec Fin… ◀

36

What this shows Metso holds 36 patents at rank #8,875, 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 #8,875 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 #26 of 384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Tula eTechnology, Inc. 61 Nanyang Technological University 61 Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. 61 Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC 61

Metso's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Metso Outotec Finland Oy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	3	8.3%
2022	3	8.3%
2023	13	36.1%
2024	11	30.6%
2025partial year	6	16.7%

Which technologies does Metso Outotec Finland Oy patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 10

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 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 4

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 3

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B01D - Separation 3

B03D - FLOTATION; Differential Sedimentation 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 1

Top 15 of 26 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 Outotec Finland Oy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Metso Outotec Finland Oy's lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 27.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #8,869 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Metso Outotec Finland Oy against Matsing, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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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