Where does MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. ranks #5,608 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 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. hold?

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.4 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. focus on?

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s top technology area is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor) with 16 patents, ranking #16 of 230 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +29% 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 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s patents?

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates 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 Foreign Corporation

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 36 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: B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Macdonald ranks #5,608 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 36 technology areas.

#5,608
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.4/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5608 · Foreign Corporation #5,608 · 61 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,608/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Light Labs
CPC-FOCUS B64G · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Light Labs 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 Macdonald’s 58.4 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 14.3 pts (24%) Velocity 14.5 pts (25%) Breadth 21.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AGP America · near

58
Dentsply Sirona · near

58
Faiveley Transport… · near

58
Fujifilm Materials U · near

58
MacDonald Dettwiler… · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Macdonald's Innovation Score is 58.4/100 (top 4% 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 Macdonald?

Each dot is one of Macdonald’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). Macdonald’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Macdonald's grants concentrate

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 26.2% of grants classified under B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (12 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Macdonald sits between Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd. and Nibco Inc..

Macdonald's three-year grant acceleration

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Lone Gull Holdings

61
Light Labs

61
Lineage Logistics

61
Maxlite

61
Magenta Medical

61
Moxa

61
National Universi…

61
Nibco

61
Macdonald Dettwil… ◀

61

What this shows MacDonald holds 61 patents at rank #5,607, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MacDonald

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,607 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64G (Cosmonautics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MacDonald, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64G (Cosmonautics), MacDonald ranks #16 of 230 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc. 58 Faiveley Transport Italia S.P.A. 58 AGP America S.A. 58 Dentsply Sirona Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.0 here).

Asia Optical International Ltd. 14.0 avg Innolux Corporation 14.0 avg Avogy, Inc. 14.0 avg Klingelnberg GMBH 14.0 avg

Macdonald's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	8.2%
2016	6	9.8%
2017	6	9.8%
2018	3	4.9%
2019	4	6.6%
2020	4	6.6%
2021	3	4.9%
2022	3	4.9%
2023	9	14.8%
2024	12	19.7%
2025partial year	6	9.8%

Which technologies does MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. patent most?

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 16

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 15

H04B - Transmission 11

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

H04J - Multiplex Communication 4

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 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

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.'s lead technology class is B64G (COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor), 26.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64G
Ranked #5,608 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. against Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.4/100 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

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.