Where does Maersk Supply Service A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Maersk Supply Service A/S ranks #41,535 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 Maersk Supply Service A/S hold?

Maersk Supply Service A/S holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Maersk Supply Service A/S's Innovation Score?

Maersk Supply Service A/S has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Maersk Supply Service A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Maersk Supply Service A/S's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Maersk Supply Service A/S's patents?

Maersk Supply Service A/S's patents average 19.8 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 Maersk Supply Service A/S 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

Maersk Supply Service A/S

Q: What technology areas does Maersk Supply Service A/S focus on?

Maersk Supply Service A/S's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Maersk ranks #41,535 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#41,535
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41535 · Foreign Corporation #41,535 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,535/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH M I
CPC-FOCUS B63B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: M. I. Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Maersk Supply… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Maersk's Innovation Score is 30.4/100 (34th 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.

Where Maersk's grants concentrate

Maersk Supply Service A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Maersk sits between M. I. Co., Ltd. and Magen ECO Energy A.C.S Ltd..

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What this shows Maersk holds 6 patents at rank #41,503, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Maersk

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,503 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Maersk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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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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Maersk Supply Service A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	3	50.0%
2017	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Maersk Supply Service A/S patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 3

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 3

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#41,535

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Maersk Supply Service A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Maersk Supply Service A/S's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #41,535 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Maersk Supply Service A/S against M. I. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.4/100 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.