Where does Macrae Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Macrae Technologies, Inc. ranks #36,336 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 Macrae Technologies, Inc. hold?

Macrae Technologies, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Macrae Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.9 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 7.6 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 Macrae Technologies, 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

Macrae Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Macrae Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace) with 7 patents, ranking #39 of 350 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Macrae ranks #36,336 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#36,336
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.9/100): 7.6
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36336 · US Corporation #36,336 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,336/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH M-tec
CPC-FOCUS F27D · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: M-tec Co., Ltd. (±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 Macrae’s 22.9 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 7.2 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (49%) Claim depth 4.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Macrae · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Macrae's Innovation Score is 22.9/100 (11th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Macrae?

Each dot is one of Macrae’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). Macrae’s own 7.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Macrae's grants concentrate

Macrae Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Macrae sits between M-tec Co., Ltd. and Magna Steyr Engineering AG & Co KG.

M-tec

7
M A E S p A

7
M C Dean

7
Mack & Schneider

7
MAD Catz Interact…

7
Maerz Ofenbau

7
Maestro Devices

7
Magna Steyr Engin…

7
Macrae ◀

7

What this shows Macrae holds 7 patents at rank #36,319, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Macrae

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,319 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces)

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

Macrae's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Macrae Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	28.6%
2020	3	42.9%
2021	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Macrae Technologies, Inc. patent most?

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 7

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 5

C21B - Manufacture OF Iron OR Steel 5

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 3

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 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

Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Macrae Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is F27D (Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F27D
Ranked #36,336 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Macrae Technologies, Inc. against M-tec Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.9/100 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

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