Where does Match Group, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Match Group, LLC ranks #8,638 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 Match Group, LLC hold?

Match Group, LLC holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Match Group, LLC's Innovation Score?

Match Group, LLC has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Match Group, LLC focus on?

Match Group, LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 19 patents, ranking #1,445 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Match Group, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Match Group, LLC's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Match Group, LLC's patents?

Match Group, LLC's patents average 21.0 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 Match Group, LLC 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

Match Group, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Match ranks #8,638 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 8 technology areas.

#8,638
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8638 · US Corporation #8,638 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,638/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Life AS
CPC-NARROW H04L · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Life Technologies AS (±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 Match’s 51.2 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 12.6 pts (25%) Velocity 16.0 pts (31%) Breadth 10.0 pts (20%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chep Technology Pty · near

51
GE Lighting Solutions · near

51
Kyocera Senco… · near

51
Match Group · this assignee

51
Waseda University · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Match's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Match?

Each dot is one of Match’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). Match’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Match's grants concentrate

Match Group, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 51.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Match sits between Life Technologies AS and Midwest Industries, Inc..

Match's three-year grant acceleration

Match Group, LLC shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Life AS

37
Ligand Pharmaceut…

37
Luminar

37
Maruzen Petrochem…

37
Mitsui Chemicals…

37
Miura

37
Medallia

37
Midwest Industries

37
Match Group ◀

37

What this shows Match holds 37 patents at rank #8,637, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Match

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,637 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Match, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Match ranks #1,445 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc. 51 Chep Technology Pty Limited 51 Waseda University 51 GE Lighting Solutions LLC 51

Match's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Match Group, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	2.7%
2019	6	16.2%
2020	1	2.7%
2021	3	8.1%
2022	7	18.9%
2023	10	27.0%
2024	7	18.9%
2025partial year	2	5.4%

Which technologies does Match Group, LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 19

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

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 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

Top 8 of 8 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

Match Group, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Match Group, LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 51.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #8,638 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Match Group, LLC against Life Technologies AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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.