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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 5 technology areas, active 2016–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06Q (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,).

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75
Total patents granted
5
CPC technology areas
20.2
Avg claims per patent
+195%
5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Federal holds 75 US patents across 5 technology areas, rank #4,665 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#4,665
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100)
20.2
avg claims per patent
+195%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) has been granted 75 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) at rank #4,665 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 5 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06Q (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,). As a US Corporation, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Federal sits between CAE Inc. (75 patents, rank #4,661) and Hussmann Corporation (75 patents, rank #4,669) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 45.4/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 56 grants, compared with 19 in the 2015–2019 window, a +195% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)'s 20.2 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while concentration in 5 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Who files at Federal's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Federal holds 75 patents at rank #4,665, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Federal

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,665 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Federal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). This entry sits in this band. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). Above this entry. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2016 1 1.3%
2017 5 6.7%
2018 6 8.0%
2019 7 9.3%
2020 8 10.7%
2021 6 8.0%
2022 6 8.0%
2023 14 18.7%
2024 13 17.3%
2025 9 12.0%

Which technologies does Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) patent most?

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light
Tech Breadth Focused
Claim Depth Complex
Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,665

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) hold?
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) holds 75 US granted patents filed between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.
What is Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)'s Innovation Score?
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).
What technology areas does Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) focus on?
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)'s top technology area is 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) with 54 patents. The company has filed patents in 5 CPC subclasses total.
Is Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)'s recent filing velocity is +195% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.
What does claim depth mean for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)'s patents?
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”)'s patents average 20.2 claims each. This indicates complex, broadly scoped patents that are harder for competitors to design around.
How is the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“freddie Mac”) 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.

How to use this portfolio

Federal's 75 grants land it in the top 23% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

  • Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Federal ranks #4,665 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
  • Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06Q - see who else leads that technology area. G06Q leaders
  • Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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

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.