Where does Mary KAY Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mary KAY Inc ranks #1,285 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 Mary KAY Inc hold?

Mary KAY Inc holds 329 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Mary KAY Inc's Innovation Score?

Mary KAY Inc has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mary KAY Inc focus on?

Mary KAY Inc's top technology area is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations) with 242 patents, ranking #6 of 1,001 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mary KAY Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mary KAY Inc's recent grant velocity is -19% 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 Mary KAY Inc's patents?

Mary KAY Inc's patents average 10.9 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 Mary KAY 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

Mary KAY Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 329 granted patents across 18 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: A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mary ranks #1,285 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 329 patents across 18 technology areas.

#1,285
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1285 · US Corporation #1,285 · 329 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 329 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,285/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KunShan Go-Visionox…
CPC-FOCUS A61Q · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., 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 Mary’s 47.9 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 20.0 pts (42%) Velocity 6.3 pts (13%) Breadth 15.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ANI Private · near

48
Intel Mobile… · near

48
Istanbul Teknik… · near

48
Mary KAY · this assignee

48
Painted Dog · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mary's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 Mary?

Each dot is one of Mary’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). Mary’s own 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mary's grants concentrate

Mary KAY Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 73.6% of grants classified under A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (42 grants) versus a trough of 17 in 2022. By volume, Mary sits between Rheem Manufacturing Company and Yissum Research Development Company OF THE Hebrew University OF Jerusalem Ltd..

Mary's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mary KAY Inc moved from 93 to 88 grants (0.95x 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 #1,334. See the growth leaderboard.

Rheem Manufacturi…

330
Southwest Researc…

330
Thyssenkrupp Pres…

330
Kunshan Go-vision…

329
Monolithic 3D

329
Quest Diagnostics…

329
Sew-eurodrive & KG

329
Yissum Research D…

329
Mary KAY ◀

329

What this shows Mary holds 329 patents at rank #1,285, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mary

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,285 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mary, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations), Mary ranks #6 of 1,001 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Intel Mobile Communications GmbH 48 ANI Technologies Private Limited 48 Istanbul Teknik Universitesi 48 Painted Dog, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.9 here).

Shenzhen University 10.9 avg Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch 10.9 avg Topcon Corporation 10.9 avg Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd. 10.9 avg

Mary's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Mary KAY Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	8.8%
2016	32	9.7%
2017	35	10.6%
2018	34	10.3%
2019	42	12.8%
2020	29	8.8%
2021	22	6.7%
2022	17	5.2%
2023	40	12.2%
2024	31	9.4%
2025partial year	18	5.5%

Which technologies does Mary KAY Inc patent most?

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 242

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 242

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 109

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 15

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 7

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 7

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 7

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 6

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 5

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 4

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 4

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 3

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

Top 15 of 18 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

Mary KAY Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mary KAY Inc's lead technology class is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations), 73.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61Q
Ranked #1,285 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mary KAY Inc against Rheem Manufacturing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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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