Where does Multi-Color Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Multi-Color Corporation ranks #20,111 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 Multi-Color Corporation hold?

Multi-Color Corporation holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Multi-Color Corporation's Innovation Score?

Multi-Color Corporation has an Innovation Score of 49.0 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Multi-Color Corporation focus on?

Multi-Color Corporation's top technology area is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals) with 10 patents, ranking #73 of 860 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Multi-Color Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Multi-Color Corporation's recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Multi-Color Corporation's patents?

Multi-Color Corporation's patents average 16.9 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 Multi-Color Corporation 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

Multi-Color Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 21 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: G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Multi-color ranks #20,111 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 21 technology areas.

#20,111
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.0/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20111 · US Corporation #20,111 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,111/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Monster Energy
CPC-FOCUS G09F · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Monster Energy Company (±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 Multi-color’s 49.0 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 9.4 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (27%) Breadth 16.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Multi-Color · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Multi-color's Innovation Score is 49.0/100 (top 15% 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 Multi-color?

Each dot is one of Multi-color’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). Multi-color’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Multi-color's grants concentrate

Multi-Color Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Multi-color sits between Monster Energy Company and Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital.

Multi-color's three-year grant acceleration

Multi-Color Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Monster Energy

14
Montres Jaquet Dr…

14
Morega Systems

14
Morphic Therapeut…

14
Multiquip

14
NAC International

14
Nakamura-tome Pre…

14
Nanjing Drum Towe…

14
Multi-color ◀

14

What this shows Multi-Color holds 14 patents at rank #20,111, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Multi-Color

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,111 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09F (Displaying)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Multi-Color's primary technology class.

Multi-color's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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Multi-Color Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	14.3%
2016	1	7.1%
2017	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	3	21.4%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Multi-Color Corporation patent most?

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 7

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 4

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 3

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

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

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Multi-Color Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Multi-Color Corporation's lead technology class is G09F (DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09F
Ranked #20,111 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Multi-Color Corporation against Monster Energy Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.0/100 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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