Where does Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. ranks #22,936 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 Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. hold?

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s Innovation Score?

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile 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 Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. focus on?

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 7 patents, ranking #2,588 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s patents?

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s patents average 16.9 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 Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. 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 Foreign Corporation

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mallinckrodt ranks #22,936 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#22,936
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22936 · Foreign Corporation #22,936 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,936/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maco Pharma
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maco Pharma (±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 31.3 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 8.9 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Textnow · near

31
IonSense · near

31
Mallinckrodt Pharma… · this assignee

31
Nippon Sharyo · near

31
Tintri by DDN · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mallinckrodt's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th 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 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 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 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 Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Mallinckrodt sits between Maco Pharma and Mantle Inc..

Maco Pharma

12
Magna Mirrors Hol…

12
Magneco/Metrel

12
Mainetti

12
Manageiq

12
Maniff Creations

12
Manta Devices

12
Mantle

12
Mallinckrodt Phar… ◀

12

What this shows Mallinckrodt holds 12 patents at rank #22,978, 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 #22,978 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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 A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…), Mallinckrodt ranks #2,588 of 6,058 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

IonSense, Inc. 31 Tintri by DDN, Inc. 31 Nippon Sharyo, Ltd. 31 Textnow, Inc. 31

Mallinckrodt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2017	6	50.0%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 4

C07K - Peptides 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

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 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #22,936 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mallinckrodt Pharma IP Trading D.A.C. against Maco Pharma, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.