Where does CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC ranks #22,343 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 CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC hold?

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC's Innovation Score?

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC focus on?

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 9 patents, ranking #3,920 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC's patents?

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC's patents average 19.9 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 CarMax Enterprise Services, 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

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carmax ranks #22,343 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#22,343
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22343 · US Corporation #22,343 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,343/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caldera Medical
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caldera Medical, Inc. (±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 Carmax’s 52.5 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 8.9 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 11.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CarMax Enterprise… · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carmax's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 Carmax?

Each dot is one of Carmax’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). Carmax’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Carmax's grants concentrate

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Carmax sits between Culligan International Company and Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, Inc..

Carmax's three-year grant acceleration

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Culligan Internat…

12
Caldera Medical

12
California Cooper…

12
Canary Medical Sw…

12
Cardea Bio

12
Caret Holdings

12
Carlisle Intangib…

12
Carrier Commercia…

12
Carmax Enterprise… ◀

12

What this shows CarMax holds 12 patents at rank #22,385, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CarMax

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,385 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Carmax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	25.0%
2023	2	16.7%
2024	6	50.0%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

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 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

Top 11 of 11 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

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #22,343 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC against Culligan International Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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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