Overall rank by patents
#16,175
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2020. 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: Y02E (REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Makani ranks #16,175 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 22 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16175 · US Corporation #16,175 · 18 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Magnetic Variation Services, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Makani · this assignee
37 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Makani Technologies Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,175 of 50,000; Innovation Score 37.5/100 sits in the top 43% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Magnetic Variation Services, Llc (±0 grants).
Makani Technologies Llc has been granted 18 US utility patents between 2019 and 2020, placing Makani Technologies Llc at #16,175 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 22 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in Y02E (REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION). As a US Corporation, Makani Technologies Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Makani sits between Mondi Ag (18 patents, rank #16,184) and Matrox Graphics Inc. (18 patents, rank #16,192) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 37.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 3 grants, compared with 15 in the 2015–2019 window, a -80% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Makani Technologies Llc's 17.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 22 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
MONDI AG
18 patents
MONTAGE LZ TECHNOLOGIES (CHENGDU) CO., LTD.
18 patents
MPOWERD Inc.
18 patents
Magnetic Variation Services, LLC
18 patents
Manscaped, LLC
18 patents
Mardil, Inc.
18 patents
Massivit 3D Printing Technologies Ltd.
18 patents
Matrox Graphics Inc.
18 patents
Makani Technologies LLC
18 patents
What this shows Makani holds 18 patents at rank #16,188, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,188 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Makani's primary technology class.
Makani's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
37 Top 43% higher than 57% of 50,000 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 | 83.3% |
| 2020 | 3 | 16.7% |
Top 15 of 22 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,175
of 50,000 tracked assignees
37.5 out of 100
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