Where does May Patents Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), May Patents Ltd. ranks #3,084 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 May Patents Ltd. hold?

May Patents Ltd. holds 123 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is May Patents Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

May Patents Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 60.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does May Patents Ltd. focus on?

May Patents Ltd.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 85 patents, ranking #440 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is May Patents Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

May Patents Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for May Patents Ltd.'s patents?

May Patents Ltd.'s patents average 47.8 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 May Patents Ltd. 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

May Patents Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 123 granted patents across 33 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, May ranks #3,084 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 123 patents across 33 technology areas.

#3,084
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.1/100): 47.8
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3084 · Foreign Corporation #3,084 · 123 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 123 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,084/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Headwater Research
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 33 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 47.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Headwater Research 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 May’s 60.1 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 16.7 pts (28%) Velocity 8.2 pts (14%) Breadth 20.3 pts (34%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Scania CV AB · near

60
Brown University · near

60
Luxembourg Institute… · near

60
May Patents · this assignee

60
Screen Holdings · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows May's Innovation Score is 60.1/100 (top 3% 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 May?

Each dot is one of May’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). May’s own 47.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where May's grants concentrate

May Patents Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 69.1% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (21 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, May sits between Headwater Research LLC and Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd..

May's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, May Patents Ltd. moved from 40 to 49 grants (1.23x 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 #751. See the growth leaderboard.

Headwater Research

123
Knorr-bremse Syst…

123
Lifetime Products

123
MPI

123
Soraa

123
W R Grace & -Conn

123
May Patents ◀

123
ARM IP

122
Anker Innovations…

122

What this shows May holds 123 patents at rank #3,085, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near May

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,085 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for May, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), May ranks #440 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Brown University 60 Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) 60 Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. 60 Scania CV AB 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (47.8 here).

Bright Data Ltd. 47.8 avg Fedex Corporate Services Inc. 45.7 avg Jcbd, LLC 45.6 avg IP Reservoir, LLC 44.9 avg

May's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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May Patents Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.3%
2017	10	8.1%
2018	5	4.1%
2019	5	4.1%
2020	14	11.4%
2021	21	17.1%
2022	19	15.4%
2023	14	11.4%
2024	16	13.0%
2025partial year	15	12.2%

Which technologies does May Patents Ltd. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 85

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 55

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 44

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 44

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 44

H04B - Transmission 44

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 43

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 43

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 43

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 33

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 33

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 33

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 33

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 33

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

Top 15 of 33 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

May Patents Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

May Patents Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 69.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,084 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare May Patents Ltd. against Headwater Research LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.1/100 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.