Where does M-files OY rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), M-files OY ranks #15,438 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 M-files OY hold?

M-files OY holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is M-files OY's Innovation Score?

M-files OY has an Innovation Score of 28.0 out of 100 (26th 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 M-files OY focus on?

M-files OY's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 18 patents, ranking #2,266 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is M-files OY's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

M-files OY's recent grant velocity is -81% 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 M-files OY's patents?

M-files OY's patents average 17.7 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 M-files OY 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

M-files OY

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, M-files ranks #15,438 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 4 technology areas.

#15,438
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -81%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15438 · Foreign Corporation #15,438 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,438/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Little Engine
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -81% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Little Engine, LLC (±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 M-files’s 28.0 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 10.3 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
M-files OY · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows M-files's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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 M-files?

Each dot is one of M-files’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). M-files’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where M-files's grants concentrate

M-files OY is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 94.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, M-files sits between Little Engine, LLC and Medstar Health, Inc..

Little Engine

19
Living Proof

19
Lumitex

19
Lynx Software

19
Mankiewicz Gebr &…

19
Maquet SAS

19
Medi & KG

19
Medstar Health

19
M-files OY ◀

19

What this shows M-files holds 19 patents at rank #15,437, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near M-files

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,437 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in M-files's primary technology class.

M-files's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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M-files OY patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	31.6%
2016	1	5.3%
2017	3	15.8%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	3	15.8%
2020	3	15.8%

Which technologies does M-files OY patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 4 of 4 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

M-files OY's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

M-files OY's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 94.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #15,438 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare M-files OY against Little Engine, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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.