Where does M.C. Dean Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), M.C. Dean Inc. ranks #36,413 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 M.C. Dean Inc. hold?

M.C. Dean Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is M.C. Dean Inc.'s Innovation Score?

M.C. Dean Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.6 out of 100 (38th 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 M.C. Dean Inc. focus on?

M.C. Dean Inc.'s top technology area is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines) with 3 patents, ranking #261 of 985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is M.C. Dean Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

M.C. Dean Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 M.C. Dean Inc.'s patents?

M.C. Dean Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 M.C. Dean Inc. 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

M.C. Dean Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, M.c. ranks #36,413 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 12 technology areas.

#36,413
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.6/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36413 · US Corporation #36,413 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,413/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH M-Edge International
CPC-FOCUS H02G · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: M-Edge International Corporation (±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 M.c.’s 31.6 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 12.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
M C Dean · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows M.c.'s Innovation Score is 31.6/100 (38th 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 M.c.?

Each dot is one of M.c.’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). M.c.’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where M.c.'s grants concentrate

M.C. Dean Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, M.c. sits between M&M Oil Tools, LLC and Maerz Ofenbau AG.

M.c.'s three-year grant acceleration

M.C. Dean Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

M&M Oil Tools

7
M-edge Internatio…

7
M-tec

7
M A E S p A

7
Mack & Schneider

7
Macrae

7
MAD Catz Interact…

7
Maerz Ofenbau

7
M C Dean ◀

7

What this shows M.C. holds 7 patents at rank #36,317, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MC

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,317 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines)

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

M.c.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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M.C. Dean Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does M.C. Dean Inc. patent most?

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

B60M - Power Supply Lines, AND Devices Along Rails, FOR Electrically- Propelled Vehicles 1

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 1

Top 12 of 12 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

M.C. Dean Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

M.C. Dean Inc.'s lead technology class is H02G (Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02G
Ranked #36,413 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare M.C. Dean Inc. against M&M Oil Tools, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.6/100 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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