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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Munchkin, Inc. ranks #2,934 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 Munchkin, Inc. hold?

Munchkin, Inc. holds 130 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Munchkin, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Munchkin, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.8 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Munchkin, Inc. focus on?

Munchkin, Inc.'s top technology area is B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse) with 23 patents, ranking #7 of 127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

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

Munchkin, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -11% 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 Munchkin, Inc.'s patents?

Munchkin, Inc.'s patents average 13.9 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 Munchkin, 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

Munchkin, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 130 granted patents across 55 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: B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Munchkin ranks #2,934 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 130 patents across 55 technology areas.

#2,934
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.8/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2934 · US Corporation #2,934 · 130 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 130 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,934/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Husky Injection…
CPC-WIDE B65F · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Husky Injection Molding 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 Munchkin’s 53.8 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 16.8 pts (31%) Velocity 3.7 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Centre National… · near

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Inphi · near

54
Munchkin · this assignee

54
Ventus Engineering · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Munchkin's Innovation Score is 53.8/100 (top 8% 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 Munchkin?

Each dot is one of Munchkin’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). Munchkin’s own 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Munchkin's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Munchkin, Inc. received 59 grants versus 66 in 2015–2019 (-11% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 8. Lead class B65F accounts for 17.7% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. (#2,930) and Taiyuan University OF Technology (#2,938).

Munchkin's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Munchkin, Inc. moved from 51 to 28 grants (0.55x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,573. See the growth leaderboard.

Husky Injection M…

130
Kansas State Univ…

130
Katalyst Surgical

130
MTU Friedrichshaf…

130
Self

130
Shanghai United I…

130
Spinal Elements

130
Taiyuan Universit…

130
Munchkin ◀

130

What this shows Munchkin holds 130 patents at rank #2,934, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Munchkin

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,934 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Munchkin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse), Munchkin ranks #7 of 127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Centre National d'Études Spatiales 54 Inphi Corporation 54 Etablissement Francais DU Sang (EFS) 54 Ventus Engineering GmbH 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).

Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH 13.9 avg Frito-Lay North America, Inc. 13.9 avg Black Sesame Technologies Inc. 13.9 avg Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. 13.9 avg

Munchkin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Munchkin, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	11.5%
2016	8	6.2%
2017	9	6.9%
2018	14	10.8%
2019	20	15.4%
2020	19	14.6%
2021	12	9.2%
2022	10	7.7%
2023	10	7.7%
2024	8	6.2%
2025partial year	5	3.8%

Which technologies does Munchkin, Inc. patent most?

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 23

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 19

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 18

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 9

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 8

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 8

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 6

A46B - Brushes 6

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 6

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 5

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 5

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

A47D - Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children 4

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 3

Top 15 of 55 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

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

Munchkin, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse), 17.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65F
Ranked #2,934 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Munchkin, Inc. against Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.8/100 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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