Where does Mbda UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mbda UK Limited ranks #6,919 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 Mbda UK Limited hold?

Mbda UK Limited holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Mbda UK Limited's Innovation Score?

Mbda UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 53.1 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mbda UK Limited focus on?

Mbda UK Limited's top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 15 patents, ranking #27 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is Mbda UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mbda UK Limited's recent grant velocity is -31% 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 Mbda UK Limited's patents?

Mbda UK Limited's patents average 15.9 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 Mbda UK Limited 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

Mbda UK Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 54 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mbda ranks #6,919 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 54 technology areas.

#6,919
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.1/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6919 · Foreign Corporation #6,919 · 48 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,919/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LeafFilter North
CPC-WIDE F41G · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LeafFilter North, 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 Mbda’s 53.1 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 13.4 pts (25%) Velocity 5.1 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Inveniam Capital… · near

53
OMG · near

53
InContact · near

53
Mbda UK · this assignee

53
Nidec Tosok · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mbda's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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 Mbda?

Each dot is one of Mbda’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). Mbda’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Mbda's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Mbda UK Limited received 18 grants versus 26 in 2015–2019 (-31% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 8 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 2. Lead class F41G accounts for 31.3% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lunit Inc. (#6,914) and Nagoya Institute OF Technology (#6,922).

Mbda's three-year grant acceleration

Mbda UK Limited shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Lunit

48
Leaffilter North

48
Lightel

48
Luminara Worldwide

48
Mips Tech

48
Medibotics

48
Microsemi Semicon…

48
Nagoya Institute…

48
Mbda UK ◀

48

What this shows Mbda holds 48 patents at rank #6,918, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mbda

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,918 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mbda, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41G (Weapon Sights), Mbda ranks #27 of 307 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

InContact Inc. 53 Nidec Tosok Corporation 53 Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc. 53 OMG, Inc. 53

Mbda's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Mbda UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	16.7%
2016	2	4.2%
2017	4	8.3%
2018	7	14.6%
2019	5	10.4%
2020	4	8.3%
2021	4	8.3%
2022	3	6.3%
2023	2	4.2%
2024	5	10.4%
2025partial year	4	8.3%

Which technologies does Mbda UK Limited patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 15

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 10

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 8

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

F41F - Apparatus FOR Launching Projectiles OR Missiles From Barrels, e.g. Cannons ; Launchers FOR Rockets OR TORPEDOES; Harpoon Guns 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 2

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Top 15 of 54 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

Mbda UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mbda UK Limited's lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 31.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #6,919 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mbda UK Limited against Lunit Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.1/100 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.