Where does Masque Publishing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Masque Publishing, Inc. ranks #29,385 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 Masque Publishing, Inc. hold?

Masque Publishing, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Masque Publishing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Masque Publishing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.9 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Masque Publishing, Inc. focus on?

Masque Publishing, Inc.'s top technology area is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus) with 5 patents, ranking #335 of 1,075 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Masque Publishing, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Masque Publishing, Inc.'s patents?

Masque Publishing, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Masque Publishing, 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

Masque Publishing, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Masque ranks #29,385 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,385
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.9/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29385 · US Corporation #29,385 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,385/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MarqMetrix
CPC-NARROW G07F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MarqMetrix, 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 Masque’s 27.9 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 8.0 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shenzhen YingLu… · near

28
Surgical Innovation… · near

28
Brain Sentinel · near

28
Masque Publishing · this assignee

28
Government Employees… · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Masque's Innovation Score is 27.9/100 (25th percentile 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 Masque?

Each dot is one of Masque’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). Masque’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Masque's grants concentrate

Masque Publishing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Masque sits between MarqMetrix, Inc. and Matrics2, Inc..

Marqmetrix

9
Martinrea Interna…

9
Maruni Wood Indus…

9
Marxent Labs

9
Matergenics

9
Material Security

9
Mathews Brothers

9
Matrics2

9
Masque Publishing ◀

9

What this shows Masque holds 9 patents at rank #29,444, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Masque

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,444 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Masque, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), Masque ranks #335 of 1,075 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Brain Sentinel, Inc. 28 Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. 28 Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) 28 Shenzhen YingLu Technology Development Co., Ltd 28

Masque's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Masque Publishing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2017	2	22.2%
2018	2	22.2%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Masque Publishing, Inc. patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H03G - Control OF Amplification 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Masque Publishing, Inc.'s lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #29,385 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Masque Publishing, Inc. against MarqMetrix, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.