Where does Melissa & Doug, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Melissa & Doug, LLC ranks #12,552 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 Melissa & Doug, LLC hold?

Melissa & Doug, LLC holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Melissa & Doug, LLC's Innovation Score?

Melissa & Doug, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Melissa & Doug, LLC focus on?

Melissa & Doug, LLC's top technology area is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks) with 6 patents, ranking #54 of 312 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Melissa & Doug, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Melissa & Doug, LLC's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Melissa & Doug, LLC's patents?

Melissa & Doug, LLC's patents average 5.8 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 Melissa & Doug, 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

Melissa & Doug, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 6 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: A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Melissa ranks #12,552 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,552
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 5.8
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12552 · US Corporation #12,552 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,552/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Matrox Systems
CPC-NARROW A63H · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Matrox Electronics Systems, 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 Melissa’s 43.3 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 11.1 pts (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 3.5 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Melissa & Doug · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Melissa's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 29% 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 Melissa?

Each dot is one of Melissa’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). Melissa’s own 5.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Melissa's grants concentrate

Melissa & Doug, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Melissa sits between Matrox Electronics Systems, Ltd. and Methode Electronics Malta Ltd..

Melissa's three-year grant acceleration

Melissa & Doug, LLC shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Matrox Systems

24
Meadow Burke

24
Mederi Therapeuti…

24
Medicomp

24
Memic Innovative…

24
Mercator Medsyste…

24
Metaland

24
Methode Malta

24
Melissa & Doug ◀

24

What this shows Melissa holds 24 patents at rank #12,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Melissa

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63H (Toys)

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

Melissa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Melissa & Doug, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.3%
2018	2	8.3%
2021	1	4.2%
2023	4	16.7%
2024	9	37.5%
2025partial year	6	25.0%

Which technologies does Melissa & Doug, LLC patent most?

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 6

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 1

B42P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Books, Filing Appliances OR THE Like 1

B44F - Special Designs OR Pictures 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

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Melissa & Doug, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Melissa & Doug, LLC's lead technology class is A63H (Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63H
Ranked #12,552 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Melissa & Doug, LLC against Matrox Electronics Systems, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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