Where does The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research ranks #4,266 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's Innovation Score?

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research has an Innovation Score of 56.2 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's patents?

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's patents average 20.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research

Q: How many patents does The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research hold?

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research focus on?

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 57 patents, ranking #63 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research 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 PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 40 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #4,266 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 40 technology areas.

#4,266
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.2/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4266 · US Corporation #4,266 · 84 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,266/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seville Classics
CPC-WIDE A61N · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seville Classics 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.

How The’s 56.2 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 15.3 pts (27%) Velocity 6.3 pts (11%) Breadth 22.4 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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The Alfred E Mann… · this assignee

56
The Hong Kong… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 56.2/100 (top 6% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 67.9% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, The sits between Spatial Digital Systems, Inc. and Arteris, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research moved from 20 to 19 grants (0.95x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Spatial Digital S…

84
Seville Classics

84
Tower Partners Se…

84
TP Lab

84
Valspar Sourcing

84
Xiamen Tianma Dis…

84
Zhuhai Pantum

84
The Alfred E Mann… ◀

84
Arteris

83

What this shows The holds 84 patents at rank #4,268, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,268 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61N (Electrotherapy), The ranks #63 of 1,943 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 56 Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd. 56 Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC 56 Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.2 here).

Bitdefender IPR Management Ltd. 20.2 avg eldoLAB Holding B.V. 20.2 avg HYDRO-QUÉBEC 20.2 avg Mobileiron, Inc. 20.2 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	13.1%
2016	4	4.8%
2017	16	19.0%
2018	6	7.1%
2019	7	8.3%
2020	8	9.5%
2021	5	6.0%
2022	2	2.4%
2023	9	10.7%
2024	8	9.5%
2025partial year	8	9.5%

Which technologies does The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 57

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 36

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 16

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 10

H04B - Transmission 9

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H03K - Pulse Technique 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

H04Q - Selecting 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

Top 15 of 40 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

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research's lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 67.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #4,266 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research against Spatial Digital Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.2/100 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

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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

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