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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mapquest, Inc. ranks #7,300 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 Mapquest, Inc. hold?

Mapquest, Inc. holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Mapquest, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mapquest, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Mapquest, Inc.'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 Mapquest, Inc.'s patents?

Mapquest, Inc.'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 Mapquest, 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

Mapquest, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Mapquest, Inc. focus on?

Mapquest, Inc.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 32 patents, ranking #109 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mapquest ranks #7,300 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 9 technology areas.

#7,300
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7300 · US Corporation #7,300 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,300/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magna Powertrain of…
CPC-NARROW G01C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magna Powertrain of America, 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 Mapquest’s 35.7 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 13.2 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guangxi Liugong… · near

36
ITS · near

36
Luminati Networks · near

36
Mapquest · this assignee

36
Oldcastle Building… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mapquest's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 48% 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 Mapquest?

Each dot is one of Mapquest’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). Mapquest’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mapquest's grants concentrate

Mapquest, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 71.1% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (22 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Mapquest sits between MOVEA and Nellcor Puritan Bennett Ireland.

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What this shows Mapquest holds 45 patents at rank #7,300, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mapquest

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,300 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mapquest, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01C (Measuring Distances), Mapquest ranks #109 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

ITS Co., Ltd 36 Oldcastle Building Products Canada Inc. 36 Luminati Networks Ltd. 36 Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd. 36

Mapquest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Mapquest, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	6.7%
2016	13	28.9%
2017	22	48.9%
2018	7	15.6%

Which technologies does Mapquest, Inc. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 32

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 22

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 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 7

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 6

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Mapquest, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 71.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #7,300 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mapquest, Inc. against MOVEA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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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