Where does McLaren Automotive Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), McLaren Automotive Limited ranks #4,050 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 McLaren Automotive Limited hold?

McLaren Automotive Limited holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is McLaren Automotive Limited's Innovation Score?

McLaren Automotive Limited has an Innovation Score of 58.2 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does McLaren Automotive Limited focus on?

McLaren Automotive Limited's top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 21 patents, ranking #135 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

Is McLaren Automotive Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

McLaren Automotive Limited's recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for McLaren Automotive Limited's patents?

McLaren Automotive Limited's patents average 13.9 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 McLaren Automotive 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

McLaren Automotive Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 45 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mclaren ranks #4,050 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 45 technology areas.

#4,050
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.2/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4050 · Foreign Corporation #4,050 · 89 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,050/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH L-3 Communications
CPC-WIDE B62D · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: L-3 Communications 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 Mclaren’s 58.2 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 15.5 pts (27%) Velocity 10.6 pts (18%) Breadth 23.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DDP Specialty… · near

58
SK Hynix Nand… · near

58
DH Development PTE · near

58
Magna International · near

58
McLaren Automotive · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mclaren's Innovation Score is 58.2/100 (top 5% 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 Mclaren?

Each dot is one of Mclaren’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). Mclaren’s own 13.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mclaren's grants concentrate

McLaren Automotive Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 23.6% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (17 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, Mclaren sits between L-3 Communications Corporation and NthDegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.

Mclaren's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, McLaren Automotive Limited moved from 24 to 38 grants (1.58x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

L-3 Communications

89
Mapper Lithograph…

89
Mikro Mesa Techno…

89
Mobileiron

89
Nalco

89
National Universi…

89
Nippon Chemi-con

89
Nthdegree Worldwi…

89
Mclaren Automotive ◀

89

What this shows McLaren holds 89 patents at rank #4,052, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near McLaren

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,052 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for McLaren, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62D (Motor Vehicles), McLaren ranks #135 of 1,368 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Magna International Inc. 58 DH Technologies Development PTE. Ltd. 58 SK Hynix Nand Product Solutions Corp. 58 DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US, LLC. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).

Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. 13.9 avg Galvani Bioelectronics Limited 13.9 avg Johnson Electric S.A. 13.9 avg Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. 13.9 avg

Mclaren's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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McLaren Automotive Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.9%
2016	5	5.6%
2017	6	6.7%
2018	4	4.5%
2019	8	9.0%
2020	10	11.2%
2021	6	6.7%
2022	17	19.1%
2023	8	9.0%
2024	13	14.6%
2025partial year	5	5.6%

Which technologies does McLaren Automotive Limited patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 21

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 18

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 16

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 11

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 7

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 5

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 4

F16H - Gearing 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 4

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 4

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

Top 15 of 45 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

McLaren Automotive Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

McLaren Automotive Limited's lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 23.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #4,050 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare McLaren Automotive Limited against L-3 Communications Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.2/100 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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