Where does MCP IP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MCP IP, LLC ranks #2,055 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 MCP IP, LLC hold?

MCP IP, LLC holds 193 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is MCP IP, LLC's Innovation Score?

MCP IP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.5 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

MCP IP, LLC's recent grant velocity is -9% 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 MCP IP, LLC's patents?

MCP IP, LLC's patents average 14.9 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 MCP IP, 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

MCP IP, LLC

Q: What technology areas does MCP IP, LLC focus on?

MCP IP, LLC's top technology area is F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 132 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 193 granted patents across 21 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: F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, MCP ranks #2,055 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 193 patents across 21 technology areas.

#2,055
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.5/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2055 · US Corporation #2,055 · 193 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 193 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,055/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Afton Chemical
CPC-FOCUS F41B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Afton Chemical 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MCP IP · this assignee

49
Mitsubishi Heavy… · near

49
Paul Wurth · near

49
Salk Institute for… · near

49
Sekisui Plastics · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows MCP's Innovation Score is 48.5/100 (top 16% 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.

Where MCP's grants concentrate

MCP IP, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 68.4% of grants classified under F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (29 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2022. By volume, MCP sits between Trimble Navigation Limited and The Governors of the University of Alberta.

MCP's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MCP IP, LLC moved from 61 to 47 grants (0.77x 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 #1,931. See the growth leaderboard.

Trimble Navigation

194
Afton Chemical

193
Baoshan Iron & St…

193
Hiwin

193
Pivotal Software

193
Solventum Intelle…

193
THE UAB Research…

193
The Governors of…

193
MCP IP ◀

193

What this shows MCP holds 193 patents at rank #2,055, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MCP

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,055 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. 49 Salk Institute for Biological Studies 49 Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd. 49 Paul Wurth S.A. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Kodak Alaris, LLC 14.9 avg China Academy OF Telecommunications Technology 14.9 avg Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG 14.9 avg Musc Foundation for Research Development 14.9 avg

MCP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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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MCP IP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	5.7%
2016	23	11.9%
2017	29	15.0%
2018	12	6.2%
2019	21	10.9%
2020	23	11.9%
2021	17	8.8%
2022	10	5.2%
2023	12	6.2%
2024	25	13.0%
2025partial year	10	5.2%

Which technologies does MCP IP, LLC patent most?

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 132

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 12

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 11

G10D - Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

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

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 4

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 3

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 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 2

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 2

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,055

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.5 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

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

MCP IP, LLC's lead technology class is F41B (Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 68.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41B
Ranked #2,055 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MCP IP, LLC against Trimble Navigation Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.5/100 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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