Company Analysis

Mercer International Inc. (MERC)

Nasdaq: MERC · Pulp Mills · Vancouver, BC · filing with the SEC since 2005
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◀ Past 4.5● Present 3.4▶ Future 1.5

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

20 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Mercer International Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
20
20 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against none in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
18
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Textile and paper machines5
Civil engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. its own name
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
19 granted
7 published
Mercer International Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
10 published
Mercer Spokane LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Mercer Spokane LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 11, 202512,467,206Absorbent paper products having unique physical strength propertiesTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Apr 22, 202512,281,469Cross-laminated timber and cold-formed steel connector and systemCivil engineeringMercer Spokane LLC
Jun 13, 202311,674,267Absorbent paper products having unique physical strength propertiesTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jun 6, 202311,668,053Absorbent paper products having unique physical strength propertiesTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jun 7, 202211,352,747Processes for improving high aspect ratio cellulose filament blendsTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Sep 7, 202111,111,344Process for making absorbent towel and soft sanitary tissue paper webs having nanofilamentsTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Aug 4, 202010,731,295Process for making absorbent towel and soft sanitary tissue paper websTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jul 28, 202010,724,173Multi-density tissue towel products comprising high-aspect-ratio cellulose filamentsTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jul 14, 202010,711,112Absorbent towel products comprising nanofilamentsTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Jul 7, 202010,703,871Sanitary tissue products comprising nanofilamentsTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 22, 20242024/0279919Cross-Laminated Timber and Cold-Formed Steel Connector and SystemCivil engineeringMercer Spokane LLC · patent 12,281,469 granted from it
Nov 30, 20232023/0383471ABSORBENT PAPER PRODUCTS HAVING UNIQUE PHYSICAL STRENGTH PROPERTIESTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Oct 12, 20232023/0323606ABSORBENT PAPER PRODUCTS HAVING UNIQUE PHYSICAL STRENGTH PROPERTIESTextile and paper machinesMERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. · patent 12,467,206 granted from it
Oct 22, 20202020/0332472ABSORBENT PAPER PRODUCTS HAVING UNIQUE PHYSICAL STRENGTH PROPERTIESTextile and paper machinesMercer International Inc. · patent 11,674,267 granted from it
Oct 22, 20202020/0332471ABSORBENT PAPER PRODUCTS HAVING UNIQUE PHYSICAL STRENGTH PROPERTIESTextile and paper machinesMercer International Inc. · patent 11,668,053 granted from it
Jul 16, 20202020/0223178FIBROUS STRUCTURE PRODUCTS COMPRISING LAYERS EACH HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLESTextile and paper machinesMercer International Inc.
May 7, 20202020/0140634PROCESS FOR MAKING ABSORBENT TOWEL AND SOFT SANITARY TISSUE PAPER WEBS HAVING NANOFILAMENTSTextile and paper machinesMercer International Inc. · patent 11,111,344 granted from it
Jan 23, 20202020/0024803PROCESS FOR MAKING ABSORBENT TOWEL AND SOFT SANITARY TISSUE PAPER WEBSTextile and paper machinesMercer International Inc. · patent 10,731,295 granted from it
Jan 23, 20202020/0024413ABSORBENT TOWEL PRODUCTS COMPRISING NANOFILAMENTSTextile and paper machinesMercer International Inc. · patent 10,711,112 granted from it
Jan 23, 20202020/0024412SANITARY TISSUE PRODUCTS COMPRISING NANOFILAMENTSTextile and paper machinesMercer International Inc. · patent 10,703,871 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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