Where does Mako Surgical Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mako Surgical Corp. ranks #1,131 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 Mako Surgical Corp. hold?

Mako Surgical Corp. holds 374 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Mako Surgical Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Mako Surgical Corp. has an Innovation Score of 64.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mako Surgical Corp. focus on?

Mako Surgical Corp.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 346 patents, ranking #59 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mako Surgical Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mako Surgical Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +99% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Mako Surgical Corp.'s patents?

Mako Surgical Corp.'s patents average 19.0 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 Mako Surgical Corp. 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

Mako Surgical Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 374 granted patents across 37 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mako ranks #1,131 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 374 patents across 37 technology areas.

#1,131
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.9/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1131 · US Corporation #1,131 · 374 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 374 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,131/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anthura B V
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 37 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anthura B.V. (±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 Mako’s 64.9 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 20.5 pts (32%) Velocity 11.5 pts (18%) Breadth 21.5 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AAC Microtech… · near

65
Dolby Laboratories… · near

65
Mako Surgical · this assignee

65
Regents of the… · near

65
STMicroelectronics… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mako's Innovation Score is 64.9/100 (top 1% 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 Mako?

Each dot is one of Mako’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). Mako’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mako's grants concentrate

Mako Surgical Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 92.5% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (67 grants) versus a trough of 12 in 2016. By volume, Mako sits between JSR Corporation and University of British Columbia.

Mako's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mako Surgical Corp. moved from 91 to 157 grants (1.73x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #304. See the growth leaderboard.

JSR

375
Mercedes-benz Gro…

375
TE Connectivity G…

375
Anthura B V

374
Mako Surgical ◀

374
10x Genomics

373
Huawei Digital Po…

373
Nokia

373
University of Bri…

373

What this shows Mako holds 374 patents at rank #1,131, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mako

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,131 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mako, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Mako ranks #59 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited 65 AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. 65 Regents of the University of Minnesota 65 Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

LOS Alamos National Security, LLC 19.0 avg Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A. 19.0 avg Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. 19.0 avg Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. 19.0 avg

Mako's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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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

Mako Surgical Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	5.1%
2016	12	3.2%
2017	28	7.5%
2018	25	6.7%
2019	27	7.2%
2020	26	7.0%
2021	38	10.2%
2022	41	11.0%
2023	49	13.1%
2024	67	17.9%
2025partial year	42	11.2%

Which technologies does Mako Surgical Corp. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 346

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 93

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 65

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 44

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 44

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 41

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 14

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 12

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 7

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 5

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 5

Top 15 of 37 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

Mako Surgical Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mako Surgical Corp.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 92.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,131 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mako Surgical Corp. against JSR Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.9/100 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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