Where does Municipal Parking Services, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Municipal Parking Services, Inc. ranks #14,148 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 Municipal Parking Services, Inc. hold?

Municipal Parking Services, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Municipal Parking Services, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.4 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Municipal Parking Services, Inc. focus on?

Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s top technology area is G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus) with 16 patents, ranking #13 of 153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +160% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s patents?

Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 Municipal Parking Services, 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

Municipal Parking Services, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Municipal ranks #14,148 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 18 technology areas.

#14,148
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.4/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: +160%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14148 · US Corporation #14,148 · 21 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,148/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mécanique Analytique
CPC-FOCUS G07B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +160% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mécanique Analytique Inc. (±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 Municipal’s 48.4 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 10.7 pts (22%) Velocity 12.0 pts (25%) Breadth 15.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Municipal Parking… · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Municipal's Innovation Score is 48.4/100 (top 17% 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 Municipal?

Each dot is one of Municipal’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). Municipal’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Municipal's grants concentrate

Municipal Parking Services, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 76.2% of grants classified under G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Municipal sits between Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co., Ltd. and Namlab Ggmbh.

Municipal's three-year grant acceleration

Municipal Parking Services, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Mitsubishi Electr…

21
Monument Peak Ven…

21
Mosaid Incorporat…

21
Multi-holding

21
Mycovia Pharmaceu…

21
Mécanique Analyti…

21
N2 Imaging Systems

21
Namlab Ggmbh

21
Municipal Parking… ◀

21

What this shows Municipal holds 21 patents at rank #14,147, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Municipal

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,147 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07B (Ticket-issuing Apparatus)

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

Municipal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Municipal Parking Services, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.8%
2018	3	14.3%
2019	1	4.8%
2020	2	9.5%
2021	2	9.5%
2022	2	9.5%
2023	4	19.0%
2024	3	14.3%
2025partial year	3	14.3%

Which technologies does Municipal Parking Services, Inc. patent most?

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 16

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 8

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 6

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 5

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

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

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Municipal Parking Services, Inc.'s lead technology class is G07B (Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus), 76.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07B
Ranked #14,148 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Municipal Parking Services, Inc. against Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.4/100 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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