Where does Mars, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mars, Incorporated ranks #1,149 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 Mars, Incorporated hold?

Mars, Incorporated holds 369 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 88 technology areas.

What is Mars, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Mars, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 56.7 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mars, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mars, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Mars, Incorporated's patents?

Mars, Incorporated's patents average 9.4 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 Mars, Incorporated 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

Mars, Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Mars, Incorporated focus on?

Mars, Incorporated's top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 55 patents, ranking #3 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 88 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 369 granted patents across 88 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mars ranks #1,149 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 369 patents across 88 technology areas.

#1,149
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.7/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1149 · US Corporation #1,149 · 369 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 369 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,149/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAC Optics Solutions…
CPC-WIDE A23G · 88 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. 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.

How Mars’s 56.7 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 20.4 pts (36%) Velocity 5.6 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Comet · near

57
Mars Incorporated · this assignee

57
Safran & Defense · near

57
Sidel Participations S · near

57
Zoomlion Heavy… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mars's Innovation Score is 56.7/100 (top 6% 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 Mars?

Each dot is one of Mars’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). Mars’s own 9.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Mars's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Mars, Incorporated received 173 grants versus 173 in 2015–2019 (+0% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 59 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 17. Lead class A23G accounts for 14.9% of the portfolio across 88 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Jatco Ltd (#1,145) and St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. (#1,153).

Mars's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mars, Incorporated moved from 112 to 94 grants (0.84x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,693. See the growth leaderboard.

Jatco

370
Welch Allyn

370
AAC Optics Soluti…

369
GE Video Compress…

369
Oakley

369
Mars Incorporated ◀

369
Gulfstream Aerosp…

368
KT&G

368
St Jude Medical A…

368

What this shows Mars holds 369 patents at rank #1,149, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mars

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,149 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mars, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23G (Cocoa), Mars ranks #3 of 237 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Safran Electronics & Defense 57 Sidel Participations S.A.S 57 Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science AND Technology Co., Ltd. 57 Comet AG 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.4 here).

Universal Entertainment Corporation 9.4 avg Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 9.4 avg Dinkle Enterprise Co., Ltd. 9.4 avg Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. 9.4 avg

Mars's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Mars, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	4.6%
2016	26	7.0%
2017	38	10.3%
2018	59	16.0%
2019	33	8.9%
2020	52	14.1%
2021	27	7.3%
2022	29	7.9%
2023	23	6.2%
2024	42	11.4%
2025partial year	23	6.2%

Which technologies does Mars, Incorporated patent most?

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 55

A23K - Fodder 52

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 52

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 43

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 37

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 36

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 25

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 25

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 22

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 20

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 15

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 10

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 10

Top 15 of 88 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

Mars, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mars, Incorporated's lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 14.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #1,149 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mars, Incorporated against Jatco Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.7/100 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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