Where does Mettler-Toledo GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mettler-Toledo GmbH ranks #2,381 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 Mettler-Toledo GmbH hold?

Mettler-Toledo GmbH holds 164 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Mettler-Toledo GmbH's Innovation Score?

Mettler-Toledo GmbH has an Innovation Score of 56.8 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mettler-Toledo GmbH focus on?

Mettler-Toledo GmbH's top technology area is G01G (Weighing) with 57 patents, ranking #2 of 427 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mettler-Toledo GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mettler-Toledo GmbH's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Mettler-Toledo GmbH's patents?

Mettler-Toledo GmbH's patents average 11.2 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-Toledo GmbH 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

Mettler-Toledo GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 164 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01G (Weighing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mettler-toledo ranks #2,381 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 164 patents across 54 technology areas.

#2,381
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.8/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2381 · Foreign Corporation #2,381 · 164 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 164 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,381/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amogreentech
CPC-WIDE G01G · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amogreentech Co., Ltd. (±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 Mettler-toledo’s 56.8 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 17.6 pts (31%) Velocity 7.5 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Op-hygiene IP · near

57
Optum Technology · near

57
Sumco · near

57
Mettler-Toledo · this assignee

57
Nissha · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mettler-toledo's Innovation Score is 56.8/100 (top 6% 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 Mettler-toledo?

Each dot is one of Mettler-toledo’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). Mettler-toledo’s own 11.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Mettler-toledo's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Mettler-Toledo GmbH received 62 grants versus 78 in 2015–2019 (-21% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 8. Lead class G01G accounts for 34.8% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Amogreentech Co., Ltd. (#2,377) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited (#2,385).

Mettler-toledo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mettler-Toledo GmbH moved from 34 to 38 grants (1.12x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #925. See the growth leaderboard.

Amogreentech

164
Bridgelux

164
Faurecia Sièges d…

164
Liveperson

164
NIO Technology (A…

164
Nippon Soda

164
SII Semiconductor

164
Smith & Nephew As…

164
Mettler-toledo ◀

164

What this shows Mettler-Toledo holds 164 patents at rank #2,381, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mettler-Toledo

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,381 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01G (Weighing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mettler-Toledo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01G (Weighing), Mettler-Toledo ranks #2 of 427 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Op-hygiene IP GMBH 57 Sumco Corporation 57 Nissha Co., Ltd. 57 Optum Technology, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.2 here).

Shenzhen Skyworth-rgb Electronic Co., Ltd. 11.2 avg Chung Yuan Christian University 11.2 avg Fujifilm Healthcare Corporation 11.2 avg Tokyo Institute of Technology 11.2 avg

Mettler-toledo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Mettler-Toledo GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	7.3%
2016	20	12.2%
2017	19	11.6%
2018	17	10.4%
2019	10	6.1%
2020	10	6.1%
2021	14	8.5%
2022	13	7.9%
2023	8	4.9%
2024	17	10.4%
2025partial year	24	14.6%

Which technologies does Mettler-Toledo GmbH patent most?

G01G - Weighing 57

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 43

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

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

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 4

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 54 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

Mettler-Toledo GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mettler-Toledo GmbH's lead technology class is G01G (Weighing), 34.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01G
Ranked #2,381 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mettler-Toledo GmbH against Amogreentech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.8/100 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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