Where does Medical Research Council rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medical Research Council ranks #7,586 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 Medical Research Council hold?

Medical Research Council holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Medical Research Council's Innovation Score?

Medical Research Council has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Medical Research Council's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medical Research Council's recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Medical Research Council's patents?

Medical Research Council's patents average 14.3 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 Medical Research Council 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

Medical Research Council

Q: What technology areas does Medical Research Council focus on?

Medical Research Council's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 23 patents, ranking #461 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medical ranks #7,586 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 24 technology areas.

#7,586
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7586 · Foreign Corporation #7,586 · 43 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 43 grants
UPPER-Q #7,586/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medtronic Ireland…
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company (±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 Medical’s 39.0 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 13.1 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.3 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Dentsply IH AB · near

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KWS Saat SE · near

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Medical Research… · this assignee

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MOVEA · near

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Medical's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 Medical?

Each dot is one of Medical’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). Medical’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Medical's grants concentrate

Medical Research Council is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 53.5% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Medical sits between Meps Real-Time, Inc. and Nabtesco Automotive Corporation.

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Medtronic Ireland…

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Medical Research… ◀

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What this shows Medical holds 43 patents at rank #7,590, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medical

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,590 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Medical, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Medical ranks #461 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

MOVEA 39 Dentsply IH AB 39 KWS Saat SE 39 Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Gregorio Marañó 39

Medical's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Medical Research Council patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	27.9%
2016	8	18.6%
2017	9	20.9%
2018	12	27.9%
2020	2	4.7%

Which technologies does Medical Research Council patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 23

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 23

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 13

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 12

C07K - Peptides 12

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 10

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 9

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 8

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 7

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 6

C12Y - Enzymes 5

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

Top 15 of 24 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

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Medical Research Council's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 53.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #7,586 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medical Research Council against Meps Real-Time, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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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