Where does Lexmark International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lexmark International, Inc. ranks #600 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 Lexmark International, Inc. hold?

Lexmark International, Inc. holds 737 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 84 technology areas.

What is Lexmark International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lexmark International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lexmark International, Inc. focus on?

Lexmark International, Inc.'s top technology area is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography) with 500 patents, ranking #12 of 196 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 84 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lexmark International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lexmark International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Lexmark International, Inc.'s patents?

Lexmark International, Inc.'s patents average 13.8 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 Lexmark International, 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

Lexmark International, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 737 granted patents across 84 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lexmark ranks #600 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 737 patents across 84 technology areas.

#600
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.7/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R600 · US Corporation #600 · 737 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 737 grants
TOP-DECILE #600/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Denso International…
CPC-WIDE G03G · 84 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Denso International America, Inc. (±1 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 Lexmark’s 59.7 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 22.8 pts (38%) Velocity 3.6 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beijing Xiaomi… · near

60
Gojo Industries · near

60
Grail · near

60
Lexmark International · this assignee

60
NCR Atleos · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lexmark's Innovation Score is 59.7/100 (top 4% 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 Lexmark?

Each dot is one of Lexmark’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). Lexmark’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Lexmark's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Lexmark International, Inc. received 239 grants versus 482 in 2015–2019 (-50% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 130 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 32. Lead class G03G accounts for 67.8% of the portfolio across 84 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation (#596) and Toyota Research Institute, Inc. (#604).

Lexmark's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lexmark International, Inc. moved from 209 to 113 grants (0.54x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,590. See the growth leaderboard.

Steering Solution…

747
Shanghai Tianma M…

743
Nuance Communicat…

740
Zoll Medical

740
Lexmark Internati… ◀

737
Denso Internation…

736
Husqvarna AB

736
Seminis Vegetable…

735
Toyota Research I…

735

What this shows Lexmark holds 737 patents at rank #600, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lexmark

By rank, the assignees closest to #600 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03G (Electrography)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lexmark, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G03G (Electrography), Lexmark ranks #12 of 196 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Gojo Industries, Inc. 60 Beijing Xiaomi Pinecone Electronics Co., Ltd. 60 Grail, Inc. 60 NCR Atleos Corporation 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.8 here).

Kistler Holding AG 13.8 avg Performance Designed Products LLC 13.8 avg Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited 13.8 avg Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd. 13.8 avg

Lexmark's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Lexmark International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	94	12.8%
2016	130	17.6%
2017	95	12.9%
2018	80	10.9%
2019	83	11.3%
2020	80	10.9%
2021	46	6.2%
2022	48	6.5%
2023	33	4.5%
2024	32	4.3%
2025partial year	16	2.2%

Which technologies does Lexmark International, Inc. patent most?

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 500

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 75

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 49

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 46

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 44

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 36

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 29

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

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 16

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 13

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

Top 15 of 84 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

Lexmark International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lexmark International, Inc.'s lead technology class is G03G (ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography), 67.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03G
Ranked #600 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lexmark International, Inc. against Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.7/100 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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