Where does McMaster University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), McMaster University ranks #2,362 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 McMaster University hold?

McMaster University holds 166 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 114 technology areas.

What is McMaster University's Innovation Score?

McMaster University has an Innovation Score of 59.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is McMaster University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

McMaster University's recent grant velocity is +17% 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 McMaster University's patents?

McMaster University's patents average 17.6 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 McMaster University 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

McMaster University

Q: What technology areas does McMaster University focus on?

McMaster University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 54 patents. Grants appear in 114 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 166 granted patents across 114 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mcmaster ranks #2,362 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 166 patents across 114 technology areas.

#2,362
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.5/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2362 · Foreign Corporation #2,362 · 166 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 166 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,362/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Frito-Lay North…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 114 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Minebea Mitsumi · near

60
Umicore & KG · near

60
University of Limerick · near

60
McMaster University · this assignee

60
JIO Platforms · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mcmaster's Innovation Score is 59.5/100 (top 4% 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.

How Mcmaster's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, McMaster University received 84 grants versus 72 in 2015–2019 (+17% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 11. Lead class A61K accounts for 32.5% of the portfolio across 114 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (#2,358) and Ulvac, Inc. (#2,366).

Mcmaster's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, McMaster University moved from 53 to 50 grants (0.94x 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 #1,348. See the growth leaderboard.

Frito-lay North A…

166
Hypertherm

166
Itrec B V

166
Massachusetts Eye…

166
RF Micro Devices

166
Stradvision

166
Temple University…

166
Ulvac

166
Mcmaster Universi… ◀

166

What this shows McMaster holds 166 patents at rank #2,362, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near McMaster

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,362 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for McMaster, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Umicore AG & Co. KG 60 Minebea Mitsumi Inc. 60 University of Limerick 60 JIO Platforms Limited 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

SMR Patents S.à.r.l. 17.6 avg Swimc LLC 17.6 avg Medtronic Xomed, Inc. 17.6 avg Acclarent, Inc. 17.6 avg

Mcmaster's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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McMaster University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	7.2%
2016	12	7.2%
2017	18	10.8%
2018	11	6.6%
2019	19	11.4%
2020	16	9.6%
2021	18	10.8%
2022	13	7.8%
2023	19	11.4%
2024	18	10.8%
2025partial year	10	6.0%

Which technologies does McMaster University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 54

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 43

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 42

C07K - Peptides 26

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 25

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 19

C12Y - Enzymes 12

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 7

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 6

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

Top 15 of 114 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,362

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

McMaster University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

McMaster University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 32.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,362 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare McMaster University against Frito-Lay North America, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.5/100 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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