Where does Monotype Imaging Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Monotype Imaging Inc. ranks #15,469 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 Monotype Imaging Inc. hold?

Monotype Imaging Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Monotype Imaging Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Monotype Imaging Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Monotype Imaging Inc. focus on?

Monotype Imaging Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 15 patents, ranking #2,636 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Monotype Imaging Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Monotype Imaging Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -54% 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 Monotype Imaging Inc.'s patents?

Monotype Imaging Inc.'s patents average 35.1 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 Monotype Imaging 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

Monotype Imaging Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Monotype ranks #15,469 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 8 technology areas.

#15,469
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 35.1
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15469 · US Corporation #15,469 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,469/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metabolic
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 35.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metabolic Technologies, LLC (±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 Monotype’s 40.4 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 10.3 pts (26%) Velocity 5.0 pts (12%) Breadth 10.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beijing BOE… · near

40
Guangzhou Kugou… · near

40
Harvest International · near

40
Monotype Imaging · this assignee

40
Stichting Katholieke… · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Monotype's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Monotype?

Each dot is one of Monotype’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). Monotype’s own 35.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Monotype's grants concentrate

Monotype Imaging Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 78.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Monotype sits between Metabolic Technologies, LLC and Nabors Industries, Inc..

Monotype's three-year grant acceleration

Monotype Imaging Inc. shows 3 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.

Metabolic

19
Microlin

19
Mitsubishi Electr…

19
Molecular Partners

19
Multi Packaging S…

19
Mycoworks

19
Nederlandsche App…

19
Nabors Industries

19
Monotype Imaging ◀

19

What this shows Monotype holds 19 patents at rank #15,470, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Monotype

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,470 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Monotype, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Monotype ranks #2,636 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Guangzhou Kugou Computer Technology Co., Ltd. 40 Stichting Katholieke Universiteit 40 Harvest International, Inc. 40 Beijing BOE Multimedia Technology Co., Ltd. 40

Monotype's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Monotype Imaging Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	21.1%
2017	5	26.3%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	1	5.3%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	2	10.5%
2023	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Monotype Imaging Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

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 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Monotype Imaging Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Monotype Imaging Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 78.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #15,469 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Monotype Imaging Inc. against Metabolic Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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