Where does Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. ranks #13,554 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 Safeline Ltd. hold?

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 34.4 out of 100 (47th 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 Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. focus on?

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd.'s top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 14 patents, ranking #72 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd.'s patents?

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd.'s patents average 12.8 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 Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. 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 Safeline Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mettler-toledo ranks #13,554 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 8 technology areas.

#13,554
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.4/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13554 · Foreign Corporation #13,554 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,554/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mattel-MEGA…
CPC-NARROW G01V · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mattel-MEGA Holdings (US), LLC (±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 34.4 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 10.8 pts (31%) Velocity 5.8 pts (17%) Breadth 10.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mettler-Toledo… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mettler-toledo's Innovation Score is 34.4/100 (47th 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 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 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 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.

Where Mettler-toledo's grants concentrate

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Mettler-toledo sits between Mattel-MEGA Holdings (US), LLC and Montana Instruments Corporation.

Mettler-toledo's three-year grant acceleration

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Mattel-mega Holdi…

22
Mcgard

22
Mcneil-ppc

22
Mendel Biotechnol…

22
Mico Ceramics

22
Microvax

22
Mitaka Kohki

22
Montana Instrumen…

22
Mettler-toledo Sa… ◀

22

What this shows Mettler-Toledo holds 22 patents at rank #13,557, 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 #13,557 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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)

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Safeline Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	2	9.1%
2017	2	9.1%
2018	2	9.1%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	2	9.1%
2021	3	13.6%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	3	13.6%
2024	2	9.1%

Which technologies does Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 14

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

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

H03F - Amplifiers 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 8 of 8 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 Safeline Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd.'s lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #13,554 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd. against Mattel-MEGA Holdings (US), LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.4/100 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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