Where does McAlister Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), McAlister Technologies, LLC ranks #4,898 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 McAlister Technologies, LLC hold?

McAlister Technologies, LLC holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 82 technology areas.

What is McAlister Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

McAlister Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.9 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

McAlister Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 McAlister Technologies, LLC's patents?

McAlister Technologies, LLC's patents average 18.6 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 McAlister Technologies, 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

McAlister Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does McAlister Technologies, LLC focus on?

McAlister Technologies, LLC's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 37 patents, ranking #407 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 82 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 82 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mcalister ranks #4,898 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 82 technology areas.

#4,898
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.9/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4898 · US Corporation #4,898 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,898/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Manitowoc Crane…
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 82 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Manitowoc Crane Companies, 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 Mcalister’s 50.9 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 14.8 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (49%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BioVentures · near

51
Dispensing Dynamics… · near

51
McAlister · this assignee

51
Ojjo · near

51
Taiyo Nippon Sanso · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mcalister's Innovation Score is 50.9/100 (top 12% 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 Mcalister?

Each dot is one of Mcalister’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). Mcalister’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Mcalister's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, McAlister Technologies, LLC received 0 grants versus 71 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 32 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 12. Lead class Y02E accounts for 52.1% of the portfolio across 82 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Markforged, Inc (#4,895) and Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC (#4,903).

Markforged

71
MOR Research Appl…

71
Manitowoc Crane C…

71
Matthews Internat…

71
National Universi…

71
National Universi…

71
NGM Biopharmaceut…

71
Nuvera Fuel Cells

71
Mcalister ◀

71

What this shows McAlister holds 71 patents at rank #4,899, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near McAlister

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,899 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for McAlister, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), McAlister ranks #407 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation 51 BioVentures, LLC 51 Ojjo, Inc. 51 Dispensing Dynamics International, Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Mapsted Corp. 18.6 avg DK Crown Holdings Inc. 18.6 avg V-nova International Limited 18.6 avg Forum US, Inc. 18.6 avg

Mcalister's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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McAlister Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	45.1%
2016	27	38.0%
2017	12	16.9%

Which technologies does McAlister Technologies, LLC patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 37

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 30

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 27

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 26

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 23

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 20

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 18

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 15

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 15

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 9

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 9

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 9

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 9

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 8

Top 15 of 82 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

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

McAlister Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 52.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #4,898 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare McAlister Technologies, LLC against Markforged, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.9/100 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.

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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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