Where does The Marco Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Marco Company ranks #30,388 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 The Marco Company hold?

The Marco Company holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is The Marco Company's Innovation Score?

The Marco Company has an Innovation Score of 21.2 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Marco Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Marco Company's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 The Marco Company's patents?

The Marco Company's patents average 10.2 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 The Marco Company 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

The Marco Company

Q: What technology areas does The Marco Company focus on?

The Marco Company's top technology area is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #30,388 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 4 technology areas.

#30,388
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.2/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30388 · US Corporation #30,388 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,388/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Flinders…
CPC-NARROW A47F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Flinders University of South Australia (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ardagh Metal… · near

21
Kiwi Technology · near

21
Exterior Wall Systems · near

21
The Marco · this assignee

21
TAP Biosystems (PHC) · near

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 21.2/100 (8th percentile 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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The Marco Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between The Flinders University of South Australia and The Oilgear Company.

The Flinders Univ…

9
The Government of…

9
The Intellisis

9
The Japan Researc…

9
The Monte Vista G…

9
The Nordam Group

9
The Neat

9
The Oilgear

9
The Marco ◀

9

What this shows The holds 9 patents at rank #30,394, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,394 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47F (Special Furniture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (21 here).

Exterior Wall Systems Limited 21 Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc. 21 TAP Biosystems (PHC) Limited 21 Kiwi Technology Inc. 21

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Marco Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	44.4%
2016	3	33.3%
2017	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%

Which technologies does The Marco Company patent most?

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,388

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

The Marco Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Marco Company's lead technology class is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47F
Ranked #30,388 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Marco Company against The Flinders University of South Australia, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.2/100 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

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