Where does Mettler Packaging Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mettler Packaging Llc ranks #22,982 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Mettler Packaging Llc hold?

Mettler Packaging Llc holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Mettler Packaging Llc's Innovation Score?

Mettler Packaging Llc has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mettler Packaging Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mettler Packaging Llc's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Mettler Packaging Llc's patents?

Mettler Packaging Llc's patents average 22.1 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 Mettler Packaging Llc 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

Mettler Packaging Llc

Q: What technology areas does Mettler Packaging Llc focus on?

Mettler Packaging Llc's top technology area is B65D (CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B65D (CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mettler ranks #22,982 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 6 technology areas.

#22,982
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22982 · US Corporation #22,982 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,982/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Memorial University…
CPC-NARROW B65D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Memorial University Of Newfoundland (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mettler Packaging · this assignee

37
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Mettler's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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.

Where Mettler's grants concentrate

Mettler Packaging Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under B65D (CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Mettler sits between Memorial University Of Newfoundland and Mid-american Gunite, Inc..

Memorial Universi…

12
Mercedes Textiles

12
Mercury Systems

12
Meridian Manufact…

12
Microaire Surgica…

12
Microduino

12
Microwave Materia…

12
Mid-american Guni…

12
Mettler Packaging ◀

12

What this shows Mettler holds 12 patents at rank #23,001, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mettler

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,001 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Mettler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Mettler Packaging Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	16.7%
2020	2	16.7%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%
2024	2	16.7%
2025partial year	4	33.3%

Which technologies does Mettler Packaging Llc patent most?

B65D - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES 11

Y02W - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT 5

B65F - GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE 2

B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING 1

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS 1

A47F - SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,982

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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