Where does Mueller Martini Holding AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mueller Martini Holding AG ranks #5,697 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 Mueller Martini Holding AG hold?

Mueller Martini Holding AG holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Mueller Martini Holding AG's Innovation Score?

Mueller Martini Holding AG has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mueller Martini Holding AG focus on?

Mueller Martini Holding AG's top technology area is B42C (Bookbinding) with 36 patents, ranking #2 of 42 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mueller Martini Holding AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mueller Martini Holding AG's recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Mueller Martini Holding AG's patents?

Mueller Martini Holding AG's patents average 18.1 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 Mueller Martini Holding AG 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

Mueller Martini Holding AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 27 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: B42C (Bookbinding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mueller ranks #5,697 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 27 technology areas.

#5,697
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5697 · Foreign Corporation #5,697 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,697/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kongsberg Automotive…
CPC-FOCUS B42C · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kongsberg Automotive AB (±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 Mueller’s 45.4 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 14.2 pts (31%) Velocity 2.0 pts (4%) Breadth 18.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blackmore Sensors &… · near

45
Gmems Tech Shenzhen · near

45
Microban Products · near

45
Mueller Martini… · this assignee

45
National Steel Car · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mueller's Innovation Score is 45.4/100 (top 23% 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 Mueller?

Each dot is one of Mueller’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). Mueller’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mueller's grants concentrate

Mueller Martini Holding AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B42C (Bookbinding). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Mueller sits between Kongsberg Automotive AB and Network-1 Technologies, Inc..

Mueller's three-year grant acceleration

Mueller Martini Holding AG shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Kongsberg Automot…

60
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Lantech com

60
Lockheed Martin E…

60
Navico

60
NCH

60
Niterra

60
Network-1

60
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60

What this shows Mueller holds 60 patents at rank #5,695, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mueller

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,695 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42C (Bookbinding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mueller, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B42C (Bookbinding), Mueller ranks #2 of 42 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Microban Products Company 45 Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, LLC. 45 National Steel Car Limited 45 Gmems Tech Shenzhen Limited 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Apical Limited 18.1 avg Guided Therapy Systems, LLC 18.1 avg Coupa Software Incorporated 18.1 avg Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited 18.1 avg

Mueller's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Mueller Martini Holding AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	20.0%
2016	8	13.3%
2017	5	8.3%
2018	13	21.7%
2019	6	10.0%
2020	6	10.0%
2021	5	8.3%
2022	4	6.7%
2024	1	1.7%

Which technologies does Mueller Martini Holding AG patent most?

B42C - Bookbinding 36

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 36

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 9

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

B42B - Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto 6

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

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

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 2

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 2

B43M - Bureau Accessories NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 15 of 27 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

Mueller Martini Holding AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mueller Martini Holding AG's lead technology class is B42C (Bookbinding), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42C
Ranked #5,697 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mueller Martini Holding AG against Kongsberg Automotive AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.4/100 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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