Where does MZ IP Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MZ IP Holdings, LLC ranks #9,327 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 MZ IP Holdings, LLC hold?

MZ IP Holdings, LLC holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is MZ IP Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

MZ IP Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.9 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MZ IP Holdings, LLC focus on?

MZ IP Holdings, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 26 patents, ranking #1,666 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is MZ IP Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MZ IP Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is +13% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for MZ IP Holdings, LLC's patents?

MZ IP Holdings, LLC's patents average 20.0 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 MZ IP Holdings, LLC 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

MZ IP Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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, MZ ranks #9,327 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 10 technology areas.

#9,327
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.9/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9327 · US Corporation #9,327 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,327/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magarl
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magarl, 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 MZ’s 35.9 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 12.3 pts (34%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cequent Performance… · near

36
fairlife · near

36
MZ IP Holdings · this assignee

36
Portal Instruments · near

36
Highlife SAS · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MZ's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 MZ?

Each dot is one of MZ’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). MZ’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where MZ's grants concentrate

MZ IP Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 76.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, MZ sits between Mikuni Electron Corporation and Maquet Cardiopulmonary GmbH.

MZ's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MZ IP Holdings, LLC moved from 29 to 2 grants (0.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Mikuni Electron

34
Mobiletron

34
Mold-masters (200…

34
Moving Magnet

34
Magarl

34
Mahindra and Mahi…

34
Mainetti (UK)

34
Maquet Cardiopulm…

34
MZ IP Holdings ◀

34

What this shows MZ holds 34 patents at rank #9,319, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MZ

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,319 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MZ, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), MZ ranks #1,666 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Portal Instruments, Inc. 36 fairlife, LLC 36 Cequent Performance Products, Inc. 36 Highlife SAS 36

MZ's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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MZ IP Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	8.8%
2019	13	38.2%
2020	15	44.1%
2021	1	2.9%
2022	2	5.9%

Which technologies does MZ IP Holdings, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 26

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 16

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 10

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Top 10 of 10 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

MZ IP Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MZ IP Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 76.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,327 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MZ IP Holdings, LLC against Mikuni Electron Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.