Where does Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE ranks #19,183 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 Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE hold?

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's Innovation Score?

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's patents?

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's patents average 7.3 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 Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE 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

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE

Q: What technology areas does Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE focus on?

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 5 patents, ranking #107 of 768 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stanley ranks #19,183 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 10 technology areas.

#19,183
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19183 · Foreign Corporation #19,183 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,183/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spectrum Dynamics…
CPC-FOCUS B25B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited (±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 Stanley’s 33.5 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 9.6 pts (29%) Velocity 8.3 pts (25%) Breadth 11.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stanley Black &… · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stanley's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th 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 Stanley?

Each dot is one of Stanley’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). Stanley’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Stanley's grants concentrate

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Stanley sits between Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited and Steam Tech, LLC.

Stanley's three-year grant acceleration

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Spectrum Dynamics…

15
Spriv

15
Standard Textile

15
Stander

15
Stannah Stairlifts

15
State Grid Tianji…

15
Steadymed

15
Steam Tech

15
Stanley Black & D… ◀

15

What this shows Stanley holds 15 patents at rank #19,185, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stanley

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,185 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Stanley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	6.7%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	2	13.3%
2023	4	26.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	5	33.3%

Which technologies does Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 5

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 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 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE's lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #19,183 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE against Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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