Where does Catalyst Media Four, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Catalyst Media Four, Inc. ranks #31,144 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 Catalyst Media Four, Inc. hold?

Catalyst Media Four, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Catalyst Media Four, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Catalyst Media Four, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Catalyst Media Four, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Catalyst Media Four, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Catalyst Media Four, Inc.'s patents?

Catalyst Media Four, Inc.'s patents average 2.8 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 Catalyst Media Four, Inc. 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

Catalyst Media Four, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Catalyst Media Four, Inc. focus on?

Catalyst Media Four, Inc.'s top technology area is F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2023. 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: F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Catalyst ranks #31,144 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#31,144
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 2.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31144 · US Corporation #31,144 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,144/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carlson Software
CPC-NARROW F16M · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2023 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carlson Software, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Catalyst Media Four · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Catalyst's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 50% 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.

Where Catalyst's grants concentrate

Catalyst Media Four, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Catalyst sits between Carlson Software, Inc. and CellTech Metals, Inc..

Catalyst's three-year grant acceleration

Catalyst Media Four, Inc. shows 8 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.

Carlson Software

8
Carolina Moldings

8
Cass Informations…

8
Catalogic Software

8
Celanese Emulsions

8
Cellmax

8
Cellspinsoft

8
Celltech Metals

8
Catalyst Media Fo… ◀

8

What this shows Catalyst holds 8 patents at rank #31,255, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Catalyst

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,255 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16M (Frames)

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

Catalyst's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2023

Grants by year

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

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Catalyst Media Four, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	25.0%
2023	6	75.0%

Which technologies does Catalyst Media Four, Inc. patent most?

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

H04B - Transmission 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#31,144

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Catalyst Media Four, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Catalyst Media Four, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16M (Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16M
Ranked #31,144 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Catalyst Media Four, Inc. against Carlson Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.