Overall rank by patents
#22,343
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Carmax ranks #22,343 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Carmax Enterprise Se… · this assignee
53 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
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.
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..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
CULLIGAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY
12 patents
Caldera Medical, Inc.
12 patents
California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Inc.
12 patents
Canary Medical Switzerland AG
12 patents
Cardea Bio, Inc.
12 patents
Caret Holdings, Inc.
12 patents
Carlisle Intangible, LLC
12 patents
Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, Inc.
12 patents
CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC
12 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #22,385 in granted patent volume.
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 25.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 8.3% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#22,343
of 50,000 tracked assignees
52.5 out of 100
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