Where does McAfee, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), McAfee, LLC ranks #492 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 McAfee, LLC hold?

McAfee, LLC holds 906 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is McAfee, LLC's Innovation Score?

McAfee, LLC has an Innovation Score of 61.0 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 McAfee, LLC focus on?

McAfee, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 651 patents, ranking #124 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is McAfee, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

McAfee, LLC's recent grant velocity is -24% 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 McAfee, LLC's patents?

McAfee, LLC's patents average 20.3 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 McAfee, LLC 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

McAfee, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 906 granted patents across 34 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mcafee ranks #492 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 906 patents across 34 technology areas.

#492
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R492 · US Corporation #492 · 906 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 906 grants
TOP-DECILE #492/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Brunswick
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 34 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Brunswick Corporation (±1 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 Mcafee’s 61.0 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 23.5 pts (39%) Velocity 4.7 pts (8%) Breadth 20.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Semiconductor… · near

61
Tesla · near

61
McAfee · this assignee

61
NCR · near

61
Frore Systems · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mcafee's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (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 Mcafee?

Each dot is one of Mcafee’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). Mcafee’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mcafee's grants concentrate

McAfee, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 71.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (108 grants) versus a trough of 55 in 2024. By volume, Mcafee sits between Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University and Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd..

Mcafee's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, McAfee, LLC moved from 285 to 199 grants (0.70x 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 #2,158. See the growth leaderboard.

Research & Busine…

914
Ofinno

911
Silicon Motion

910
Dyson Technology

908
Mcafee ◀

906
Brunswick

905
Idemitsu Kosan

905
Dolby Internation…

903
Koito Manufacturi…

902

What this shows McAfee holds 906 patents at rank #492, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near McAfee

By rank, the assignees closest to #492 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for McAfee, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), McAfee ranks #124 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

NCR Corporation 61 Frore Systems Inc. 61 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation 61 Tesla, Inc. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.3 here).

Nintendo Co., Ltd. 20.3 avg STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS 20.3 avg Qiagen GmbH 20.3 avg Spirent Communications, Inc. 20.3 avg

Mcafee's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 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.

View data table

McAfee, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	102	11.3%
2016	83	9.2%
2017	104	11.5%
2018	108	11.9%
2019	104	11.5%
2020	101	11.1%
2021	80	8.8%
2022	82	9.1%
2023	62	6.8%
2024	55	6.1%
2025partial year	25	2.8%

Which technologies does McAfee, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 651

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 642

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 131

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 62

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 44

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 18

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 14

H04M - Telephonic Communication 12

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 6

H04B - Transmission 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 5

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 4

Top 15 of 34 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

McAfee, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

McAfee, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 71.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #492 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare McAfee, LLC against Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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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