Where does Makani Technologies LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Makani Technologies LLC ranks #16,175 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 Makani Technologies LLC hold?

Makani Technologies LLC holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2020, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Makani Technologies LLC's Innovation Score?

Makani Technologies LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.5 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Makani Technologies LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Makani Technologies LLC's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Makani Technologies LLC's patents?

Makani Technologies LLC's patents average 17.9 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 Makani Technologies LLC 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

Makani Technologies LLC

Q: What technology areas does Makani Technologies LLC focus on?

Makani Technologies LLC's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 17 patents, ranking #810 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Makani ranks #16,175 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 22 technology areas.

#16,175
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.5/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,175/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magnetic Variation…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Makani’s 37.5 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Makani · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Makani's Innovation Score is 37.5/100 (top 43% 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 Makani?

Each dot is one of Makani’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). Makani’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Makani's grants concentrate

Makani Technologies LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 94.4% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (15 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Makani sits between Mondi AG and Matrox Graphics Inc..

Mondi

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Montage LZ (Cheng…

18
Mpowerd

18
Magnetic Variatio…

18
Manscaped

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Mardil

18
Massivit 3D Print…

18
Matrox Graphics

18
Makani ◀

18

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.

Companies ranked near Makani

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,188 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2020

Grants by year

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

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Makani Technologies LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	15	83.3%
2020	3	16.7%

Which technologies does Makani Technologies LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

F03D - Wind Motors 16

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 15

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 11

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 7

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

D07B - Ropes OR Cables IN General 2

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

Top 15 of 22 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

Makani Technologies LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Makani Technologies LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 94.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #16,175 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Makani Technologies LLC against Mondi AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.5/100 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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