Where does M3 Technology Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), M3 Technology Inc. ranks #16,970 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 M3 Technology Inc. hold?

M3 Technology Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is M3 Technology Inc.'s Innovation Score?

M3 Technology Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is M3 Technology Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

M3 Technology Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +225% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for M3 Technology Inc.'s patents?

M3 Technology Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 M3 Technology 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 Foreign Corporation

M3 Technology Inc.

Q: What technology areas does M3 Technology Inc. focus on?

M3 Technology Inc.'s top technology area is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof) with 17 patents, ranking #226 of 1,541 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, M3 ranks #16,970 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 2 technology areas.

#16,970
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +225%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16970 · Foreign Corporation #16,970 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,970/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lumicell
CPC-NARROW H02M · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +225% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lumicell, 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.

How M3’s 31.2 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 10.0 pts (32%) Velocity 5.2 pts (17%) Breadth 5.0 pts (16%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
M3 Technology · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows M3's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 M3?

Each dot is one of M3’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). M3’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 4.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

M3 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where M3's grants concentrate

M3 Technology Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, M3 sits between Lumicell, Inc. and MAX Interactive, Inc..

M3's three-year grant acceleration

M3 Technology Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Lumicell

17
Luminiz

17
Lynk

17
M & C Innovations

17
Mace Group

17
Madi

17
Marelli Automotiv…

17
MAX Interactive

17
M3 Technology ◀

17

What this shows M3 holds 17 patents at rank #16,969, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near M3

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,969 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in M3's primary technology class.

M3's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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M3 Technology Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.9%
2019	3	17.6%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	3	17.6%
2024	2	11.8%

Which technologies does M3 Technology Inc. patent most?

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 17

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

Top 2 of 2 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

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M3 Technology Inc.'s lead technology class is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #16,970 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare M3 Technology Inc. against Lumicell, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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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