Merck Patent Gmbh patents

Merck Patent Gmbh holds 4,119 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents4,119
Recent patents756
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015477
2016394
2017445
2018416
2019391
2020392
2021340
2022370
2023319
2024268
2025238
202669
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015477
2016394
2017445
2018416
2019391
2020392
2021340
2022370
2023319
2024268
2025238
202669

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
Y02E10/549871
H10K50/11821
C09K11/06744
H10K85/6572624
A61P35/00610

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Merck Patent Gmbh have in patentsdb?
Merck Patent Gmbh is linked to 4,119 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Merck Patent Gmbh patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Chemistry & Metallurgy (3,596); Electricity (1,587); Human Necessities (1,117).
Is Merck Patent Gmbh's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 268 in 2024 and 238 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Merck Patent Gmbh?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.