Where does M87, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), M87, Inc. ranks #18,868 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 M87, Inc. hold?

M87, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is M87, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

M87, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.0 out of 100 (33rd 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 M87, Inc. focus on?

M87, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 15 patents, ranking #986 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is M87, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

M87, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 M87, Inc.'s patents?

M87, Inc.'s patents average 20.9 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 M87, 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

M87, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, M87 ranks #18,868 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 4 technology areas.

#18,868
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.0/100): 20.9
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18868 · US Corporation #18,868 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,868/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lone Star IP Holdings
CPC-NARROW H04W · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lone Star IP Holdings, LP (±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 M87’s 30.0 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 9.6 pts (32%) Velocity 0.8 pts (3%) Breadth 7.1 pts (24%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
M87 · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows M87's Innovation Score is 30.0/100 (33rd 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 M87?

Each dot is one of M87’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). M87’s own 20.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

M87 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where M87's grants concentrate

M87, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, M87 sits between Lone Star IP Holdings, LP and Marel Iceland EHF.

M87's three-year grant acceleration

M87, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Lone Star IP Hold…

15
Lonza Cologne

15
Lumencor

15
Lumotive

15
Maculogix

15
MAP Pharmaceutica…

15
Mappedin

15
Marel Iceland EHF

15
M87 ◀

15

What this shows M87 holds 15 patents at rank #18,864, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near M87

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,864 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in M87's primary technology class.

M87's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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M87, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	13.3%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	3	20.0%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	3	20.0%
2023	1	6.7%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does M87, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

H04B - Transmission 5

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

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

M87, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

M87, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #18,868 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare M87, Inc. against Lone Star IP Holdings, LP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.0/100 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.