Where does Markforged, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Markforged, Inc ranks #4,896 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 Markforged, Inc hold?

Markforged, Inc holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Markforged, Inc's Innovation Score?

Markforged, Inc has an Innovation Score of 49.7 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Markforged, Inc's recent grant velocity is +3% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Markforged, Inc's patents?

Markforged, Inc's patents average 23.0 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 Markforged, 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

Markforged, Inc

Q: What technology areas does Markforged, Inc focus on?

Markforged, Inc's top technology area is 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) with 65 patents, ranking #32 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 22 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: 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 ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Markforged ranks #4,896 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 22 technology areas.

#4,896
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.7/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: +3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4896 · US Corporation #4,896 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,896/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Klein Tools
CPC-FOCUS B33Y · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Klein Tools, 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 Markforged’s 49.7 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 14.8 pts (30%) Velocity 4.5 pts (9%) Breadth 16.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Antecip Bioventures II · near

50
Danco · near

50
GaN Systems · near

50
Markforged · this assignee

50
Mobile Aspects · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Markforged's Innovation Score is 49.7/100 (top 14% 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 Markforged?

Each dot is one of Markforged’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). Markforged’s own 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Markforged's grants concentrate

Markforged, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 91.5% of grants classified under 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 ). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Markforged sits between Klein Tools, Inc. and McAlister Technologies, LLC.

Markforged's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Markforged, Inc moved from 25 to 17 grants (0.68x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Klein Tools

71
L&L Candle

71
LS Cable & System

71
Luxembourg Instit…

71
MOR Research Appl…

71
Manitowoc Crane C…

71
Matthews Internat…

71
Mcalister

71
Markforged ◀

71

What this shows Markforged holds 71 patents at rank #4,895, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Markforged

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,895 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Markforged, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B33Y (Additive Manufacturing), Markforged ranks #32 of 1,250 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Danco, Inc. 50 GaN Systems Inc. 50 Antecip Bioventures II LLC 50 Mobile Aspects, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.0 here).

Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc. 23.0 avg Location Labs, Inc. 23.0 avg Takeda Vaccines, Inc. 22.9 avg Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 22.9 avg

Markforged's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Markforged, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	8.5%
2016	3	4.2%
2017	5	7.0%
2018	11	15.5%
2019	8	11.3%
2020	11	15.5%
2021	6	8.5%
2022	5	7.0%
2023	5	7.0%
2024	7	9.9%
2025partial year	4	5.6%

Which technologies does Markforged, Inc patent most?

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 65

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 62

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 48

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 31

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 24

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 12

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 6

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 4

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 2

C22C - Alloys 2

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

Top 15 of 22 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

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

Markforged, Inc's lead technology class is 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 ), 91.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #4,896 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Markforged, Inc against Klein Tools, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.7/100 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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