Where does Markem-Imaje Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Markem-Imaje Corporation ranks #8,071 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 Markem-Imaje Corporation hold?

Markem-Imaje Corporation holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Markem-Imaje Corporation's Innovation Score?

Markem-Imaje Corporation has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Markem-Imaje Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Markem-Imaje Corporation's recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Markem-Imaje Corporation's patents?

Markem-Imaje Corporation's patents average 22.9 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 Markem-Imaje Corporation 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

Markem-Imaje Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Markem-Imaje Corporation focus on?

Markem-Imaje Corporation's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 28 patents, ranking #61 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Markem-imaje ranks #8,071 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 20 technology areas.

#8,071
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 22.9
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8071 · US Corporation #8,071 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,071/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Machine Zone
CPC-FOCUS B41J · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Machine Zone 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 Markem-imaje’s 46.4 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 12.8 pts (28%) Velocity 4.0 pts (9%) Breadth 15.8 pts (34%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bluestar Silicones… · near

46
Markem-Imaje · this assignee

46
Sundance Spas · near

46
VLT · near

46
Zhejiang Orient… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Markem-imaje's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 Markem-imaje?

Each dot is one of Markem-imaje’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). Markem-imaje’s own 22.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Markem-imaje's grants concentrate

Markem-Imaje Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Markem-imaje sits between MRI Interventions, Inc. and National Oilwell Varco Denmark I/S.

Markem-imaje's three-year grant acceleration

Markem-Imaje Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

MRI Interventions

40
Mackay Memorial H…

40
Machine Zone

40
Marelli

40
Milacron

40
NEC (China)

40
Norwegian Univers…

40
National Oilwell…

40
Markem-imaje ◀

40

What this shows Markem-Imaje holds 40 patents at rank #8,077, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Markem-Imaje

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,077 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Markem-Imaje's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Markem-Imaje, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B41J (Typewriters), Markem-Imaje ranks #61 of 598 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Bluestar Silicones France SAS 46 VLT, Inc. 46 Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co., Ltd 46 Sundance Spas, Inc. 46

Markem-imaje's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Markem-Imaje Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	15.0%
2016	10	25.0%
2017	9	22.5%
2018	6	15.0%
2019	2	5.0%
2020	2	5.0%
2021	1	2.5%
2022	1	2.5%
2023	1	2.5%
2024	1	2.5%
2025partial year	1	2.5%

Which technologies does Markem-Imaje Corporation patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 28

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 12

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 3

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

F16P - Safety Devices IN GENERAL; ; Safety Devices FOR Presses 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Markem-Imaje Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Markem-Imaje Corporation's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #8,071 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Markem-Imaje Corporation against MRI Interventions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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

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