Where does Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC ranks #4,386 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 Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC hold?

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC holds 81 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC's Innovation Score?

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC'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 Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC's patents?

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC's patents average 24.0 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 Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, 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

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC focus on?

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC's top technology area is 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) with 58 patents, ranking #1 of 350 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 81 granted patents across 19 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Molten ranks #4,386 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 81 patents across 19 technology areas.

#4,386
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4386 · US Corporation #4,386 · 81 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 81 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,386/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hisense Mobile…
CPC-FOCUS F27D · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hisense Mobile Communications Technology 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 Molten’s 50.2 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 15.2 pts (30%) Velocity 5.1 pts (10%) Breadth 15.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Diehl AKO Stiftung… · near

50
ÉCOLE Polytechnique… · near

50
Harris Global… · near

50
Molten Metal… · this assignee

50
THE Catholic… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Molten's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 Molten?

Each dot is one of Molten’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). Molten’s own 24.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Molten's grants concentrate

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 71.6% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Molten sits between Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V. and Pierre Fabre MÉDICAMENT.

Molten's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC moved from 26 to 20 grants (0.77x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Hydrangea Breeder…

81
Hisense Mobile Co…

81
Korrus

81
Musashi Engineeri…

81
Natura COSMÉTicos

81
Obrist Closures S…

81
Onkyo

81
Pierre Fabre MÉDi…

81
Molten Metal Equi… ◀

81

What this shows Molten holds 81 patents at rank #4,386, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Molten

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,386 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Molten, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces), Molten ranks #1 of 350 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation 50 Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG 50 Harris Global Communications, Inc. 50 ÉCOLE Polytechnique FÉDÉRALE DE Lausanne 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.0 here).

Viasat, Inc. 24.0 avg Ayar Labs, Inc. 24.0 avg Teradyne, Inc. 24.0 avg Mapper Lithography IP B.V. 24.1 avg

Molten's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.5%
2016	13	16.0%
2017	5	6.2%
2018	11	13.6%
2019	12	14.8%
2020	5	6.2%
2021	9	11.1%
2022	6	7.4%
2023	3	3.7%
2024	11	13.6%
2025partial year	4	4.9%

Which technologies does Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC patent most?

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 58

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 55

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 43

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 37

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 25

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 15

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 11

F27M - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects OF THE Charges OR Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts 10

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 8

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 8

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 5

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 5

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 4

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 4

Top 15 of 19 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

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC's lead technology class is 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), 71.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F27D
Ranked #4,386 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC against Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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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