Where does Lexmark International Technology Sarl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lexmark International Technology Sarl ranks #20,008 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 Technology Sarl hold?

Lexmark International Technology Sarl holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Lexmark International Technology Sarl's Innovation Score?

Lexmark International Technology Sarl has an Innovation Score of 29.2 out of 100 (30th percentile 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 Technology Sarl focus on?

Lexmark International Technology Sarl's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 14 patents, ranking #2,788 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lexmark International Technology Sarl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lexmark International Technology Sarl's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Technology Sarl's patents?

Lexmark International Technology Sarl's patents average 18.6 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 Technology Sarl 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 Foreign Corporation

Lexmark International Technology Sarl

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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, Lexmark ranks #20,008 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 6 technology areas.

#20,008
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.2/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20008 · Foreign Corporation #20,008 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,008/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Laboratoire HRA-Pharma
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Laboratoire HRA-Pharma (±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 Lexmark’s 29.2 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 9.4 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Banuba · near

29
Power Systems · near

29
Lexmark Internationa… · this assignee

29
PetMatrix · near

29
Agile Therapeutics · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lexmark's Innovation Score is 29.2/100 (30th percentile 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 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lexmark's grants concentrate

Lexmark International Technology Sarl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Lexmark sits between Laboratoire HRA-Pharma and Lilly Brush Co., LLC.

Laboratoire Hra-p…

14
Laxco Incorporated

14
Lee Tech

14
Les Schwab Wareho…

14
Liberty Procureme…

14
Lightening Energy

14
Lightforce USA

14
Lilly Brush

14
Lexmark Internati… ◀

14

What this shows Lexmark holds 14 patents at rank #20,021, 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 #20,021 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Lexmark ranks #2,788 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

PetMatrix LLC 29 Power Systems Technologies, Ltd. 29 Agile Therapeutics, Inc. 29 Banuba Limited 29

Lexmark's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Lexmark International Technology Sarl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	42.9%
2016	3	21.4%
2017	5	35.7%

Which technologies does Lexmark International Technology Sarl patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

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 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 6 of 6 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 Technology Sarl's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lexmark International Technology Sarl's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #20,008 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lexmark International Technology Sarl against Laboratoire HRA-Pharma, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.2/100 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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