Where does Mallinckrodt LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mallinckrodt LLC ranks #5,025 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 Mallinckrodt LLC hold?

Mallinckrodt LLC holds 69 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Mallinckrodt LLC's Innovation Score?

Mallinckrodt LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.5 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mallinckrodt LLC focus on?

Mallinckrodt LLC's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 35 patents, ranking #627 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mallinckrodt LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mallinckrodt LLC's recent grant velocity is -97% 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 Mallinckrodt LLC's patents?

Mallinckrodt LLC's patents average 19.2 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 Mallinckrodt 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

Mallinckrodt LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 69 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mallinckrodt ranks #5,025 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 69 patents across 30 technology areas.

#5,025
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -97%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5025 · US Corporation #5,025 · 69 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 69 grants
UPPER-Q #5,025/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kikkerland Design
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -97% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kikkerland Design, 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 Mallinckrodt’s 45.5 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 14.7 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 19.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alpha Omega… · near

46
Mallinckrodt · this assignee

46
Merz Pharma & KGaA · near

46
Affymetrix · near

46
Jxtg Nippon OIL &… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mallinckrodt's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (top 23% 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 Mallinckrodt?

Each dot is one of Mallinckrodt’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). Mallinckrodt’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mallinckrodt's grants concentrate

Mallinckrodt LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 50.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (33 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Mallinckrodt sits between Kikkerland Design, Inc. and Oclaro Japan, Inc..

Kikkerland Design

69
Lenzing Aktienges…

69
Litepoint

69
Lightmatter

69
Mbda France

69
National Universi…

69
Netspeed Systems

69
Oclaro Japan

69
Mallinckrodt ◀

69

What this shows Mallinckrodt holds 69 patents at rank #5,025, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mallinckrodt

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,025 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mallinckrodt, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Mallinckrodt ranks #627 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA 46 Alpha Omega Engineering Ltd. 46 Affymetrix, Inc. 46 Jxtg Nippon OIL & Energy Corporation 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Keysight Technologies Singapore (HOLDINGS) PTE. Ltd. 19.2 avg Phytogen Seed Company, LLC 19.2 avg Aerohive Networks, Inc. 19.2 avg The George Washington University 19.2 avg

Mallinckrodt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mallinckrodt LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	47.8%
2016	17	24.6%
2017	11	15.9%
2018	3	4.3%
2019	3	4.3%
2020	1	1.4%
2021	1	1.4%

Which technologies does Mallinckrodt LLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 35

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 26

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 23

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 8

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 7

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 6

G21G - Conversion OF Chemical ELEMENTS; Radioactive Sources 4

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 4

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 2

Top 15 of 30 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

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

Mallinckrodt LLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 50.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #5,025 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mallinckrodt LLC against Kikkerland Design, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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