Where does Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC ranks #13,051 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 Rainin, LLC hold?

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC's Innovation Score?

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.6 out of 100 (top 30% 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 Rainin, LLC focus on?

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 16 patents, ranking #115 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC's recent grant velocity is +325% 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-Toledo Rainin, LLC's patents?

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC's patents average 13.0 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 Rainin, 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-Toledo Rainin, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mettler-toledo ranks #13,051 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 7 technology areas.

#13,051
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.6/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +325%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13051 · US Corporation #13,051 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,051/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MediciNova
CPC-NARROW B01L · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +325% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MediciNova, 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 Mettler-toledo’s 42.6 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 11.0 pts (26%) Velocity 14.4 pts (34%) Breadth 9.4 pts (22%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mettler-Toledo Rainin · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mettler-toledo's Innovation Score is 42.6/100 (top 30% 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 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mettler-toledo's grants concentrate

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 69.6% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Mettler-toledo sits between MediciNova, Inc. and Multek Technologies Limited.

Mettler-toledo's three-year grant acceleration

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Medicinova

23
Megabyte

23
Melexis Bulgaria

23
Metso Sweden AB

23
Microcube

23
Mighty Buildings

23
Molecular Insight…

23
Multek

23
Mettler-toledo Ra… ◀

23

What this shows Mettler-Toledo holds 23 patents at rank #13,052, 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 #13,052 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

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

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.3%
2018	1	4.3%
2019	2	8.7%
2020	2	8.7%
2021	2	8.7%
2022	5	21.7%
2023	5	21.7%
2024	3	13.0%
2025partial year	2	8.7%

Which technologies does Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 16

F16H - Gearing 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

Top 7 of 7 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 Rainin, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 69.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #13,051 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC against MediciNova, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.6/100 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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