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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Marchex, Inc. ranks #14,764 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 Marchex, Inc. hold?

Marchex, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Marchex, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Marchex, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Marchex, Inc. focus on?

Marchex, Inc.'s top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 17 patents, ranking #291 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Marchex, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Marchex, Inc.'s patents?

Marchex, Inc.'s patents average 27.4 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 Marchex, 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

Marchex, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Marchex ranks #14,764 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 6 technology areas.

#14,764
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 27.4
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14764 · US Corporation #14,764 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,764/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magic Pony Technology
CPC-NARROW H04M · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magic Pony Technology Limited (±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 Marchex’s 37.0 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 10.5 pts (28%) Velocity 2.9 pts (8%) Breadth 8.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Marchex · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Marchex's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Marchex?

Each dot is one of Marchex’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). Marchex’s own 27.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Marchex's grants concentrate

Marchex, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 85% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Marchex sits between Magic Pony Technology Limited and Melior Innovations, Inc..

Marchex's three-year grant acceleration

Marchex, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Magic Pony Techno…

20
Magnum Oil Tools…

20
Manus Bio

20
Manyworlds

20
Mary Elle Fashions

20
Mclaughlin Group

20
Medallion Therape…

20
Melior Innovations

20
Marchex ◀

20

What this shows Marchex holds 20 patents at rank #14,774, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Marchex

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,774 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Marchex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Marchex, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2016	4	20.0%
2017	2	10.0%
2018	2	10.0%
2019	5	25.0%
2020	2	10.0%
2022	3	15.0%

Which technologies does Marchex, Inc. patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 17

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

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 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Marchex, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 85% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #14,764 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Marchex, Inc. against Magic Pony Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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

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