Where does Mercari, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mercari, Inc. ranks #8,248 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 Mercari, Inc. hold?

Mercari, Inc. holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Mercari, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mercari, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.5 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Mercari, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Mercari, Inc.'s patents?

Mercari, Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 Mercari, 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

Mercari, Inc.

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

Mercari, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 29 patents, ranking #468 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mercari ranks #8,248 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 13 technology areas.

#8,248
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.5/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8248 · US Corporation #8,248 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,248/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LeChat
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LeChat (±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 Mercari’s 55.5 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 12.7 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 12.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mercari · this assignee

56
Metal Industries… · near

56
Nankai University · near

56
Weber-Stephen Products · near

56
Adeia Imaging · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mercari's Innovation Score is 55.5/100 (top 7% 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 Mercari?

Each dot is one of Mercari’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). Mercari’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mercari's grants concentrate

Mercari, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 74.4% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Mercari sits between LeChat and Moximed, Inc..

Mercari's three-year grant acceleration

Mercari, Inc. shows 31 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Lechat

39
Lungpacer Medical

39
Luxvue Technology

39
Meijo University

39
Miltenyi Biotec

39
Mitchell Internat…

39
Mitsubishi Shindoh

39
Moximed

39
Mercari ◀

39

What this shows Mercari holds 39 patents at rank #8,247, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mercari

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,247 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mercari, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Mercari ranks #468 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Nankai University 56 Metal Industries Research & Development Centre 56 Weber-Stephen Products LLC 56 Adeia Imaging LLC 56

Mercari's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Mercari, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	5.1%
2021	2	5.1%
2022	11	28.2%
2023	16	41.0%
2024	4	10.3%
2025partial year	4	10.3%

Which technologies does Mercari, Inc. patent most?

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 29

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 15

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 2

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 1

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 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

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

Mercari, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 74.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #8,248 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mercari, Inc. against LeChat, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.5/100 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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