Where does Matthews Resources, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Matthews Resources, Inc. ranks #17,882 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 Matthews Resources, Inc. hold?

Matthews Resources, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Matthews Resources, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Matthews Resources, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Matthews Resources, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Matthews Resources, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Matthews Resources, Inc.'s patents?

Matthews Resources, Inc.'s patents average 13.5 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 Matthews Resources, 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

Matthews Resources, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Matthews Resources, Inc. focus on?

Matthews Resources, Inc.'s top technology area is A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices) with 8 patents, ranking #85 of 586 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Matthews ranks #17,882 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 13 technology areas.

#17,882
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17882 · US Corporation #17,882 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,882/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mad Dogg Athletics
CPC-FOCUS A61G · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mad Dogg Athletics, 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 Matthews’s 30.6 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 9.8 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Matthews Resources · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Matthews's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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 Matthews?

Each dot is one of Matthews’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). Matthews’s own 13.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Matthews's grants concentrate

Matthews Resources, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Matthews sits between Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc. and Meadwestvaco Calmar GMBH.

Mad Dogg Athletics

16
Maintek Computer…

16
Masco Canada

16
Matrixx Software

16
Maxim Defense Ind…

16
Mcgill University

16
Mcneil AB

16
Meadwestvaco Calm…

16
Matthews Resources ◀

16

What this shows Matthews holds 16 patents at rank #17,899, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Matthews

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,899 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61G (Transport)

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

Matthews's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Matthews Resources, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	25.0%
2016	6	37.5%
2017	5	31.3%
2018	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Matthews Resources, Inc. patent most?

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 4

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 4

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 4

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Matthews Resources, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61G (Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61G
Ranked #17,882 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Matthews Resources, Inc. against Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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