Where does Massachusetts Institute of Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks #96 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology hold?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology holds 3,784 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 386 technology areas.

What is Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Innovation Score?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has an Innovation Score of 71.2 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%).

Is Massachusetts Institute of Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's recent grant velocity is +7% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Massachusetts Institute of Technology's patents?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's patents average 20.7 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Q: What technology areas does Massachusetts Institute of Technology focus on?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 639 patents. Grants appear in 386 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,784 granted patents across 386 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Massachusetts ranks #96 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,784 patents across 386 technology areas.

#96
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.2/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R96 · US Corporation #96 · 3,784 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.8K grants
TOP-DECILE #96/49,997
NEAR-PEER Xerox
CPC-BROAD A61K · 386 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Xerox Corporation (±12 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Magna · near

71
Kyocera AVX Components · near

71
Massachusetts… · this assignee

71
Pioneer Hi-bred… · near

71
Visa International… · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Massachusetts's Innovation Score is 71.2/100 (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.

How Massachusetts's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Massachusetts Institute of Technology received 1,834 grants versus 1,718 in 2015–2019 (+7% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 446 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 294. Lead class A61K accounts for 16.9% of the portfolio across 386 subclasses. Volume neighbours: BlackBerry Limited (#92) and Sandisk Technologies, Inc. (#100).

Massachusetts's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Massachusetts Institute of Technology moved from 1,243 to 994 grants (0.80x 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 #1,842. See the growth leaderboard.

Blackberry

3,953
Deere &

3,926
Renesas

3,882
Fanuc

3,797
Massachusetts Ins… ◀

3,784
Xerox

3,772
Bayerische Motore…

3,749
KIA

3,712
Sandisk

3,712

What this shows Massachusetts holds 3,784 patents at rank #96, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Massachusetts

By rank, the assignees closest to #96 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Massachusetts, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Kyocera AVX Components Corporation 71 Magna Electronics Inc. 71 Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. 71 Visa International Service Association 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.7 here).

Directv, LLC 20.7 avg Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC 20.7 avg Stats LLC 20.7 avg Software GMBH 20.7 avg

Massachusetts's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 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.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	315	8.3%
2016	301	8.0%
2017	346	9.1%
2018	353	9.3%
2019	403	10.7%
2020	446	11.8%
2021	394	10.4%
2022	337	8.9%
2023	363	9.6%
2024	294	7.8%
2025partial year	232	6.1%

Which technologies does Massachusetts Institute of Technology patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 639

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 541

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 530

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 382

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 313

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 290

C07K - Peptides 278

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 249

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 227

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 207

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 180

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 167

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 164

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 163

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 155

Top 15 of 386 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#96

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 16.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #96 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Massachusetts Institute of Technology against BlackBerry Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.2/100 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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