Where does The MathWorks, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The MathWorks, Inc. ranks #976 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 The MathWorks, Inc. hold?

The MathWorks, Inc. holds 450 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is The MathWorks, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The MathWorks, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.9 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%).

What technology areas does The MathWorks, Inc. focus on?

The MathWorks, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 428 patents. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is The MathWorks, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The MathWorks, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -73% 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 MathWorks, Inc.'s patents?

The MathWorks, Inc.'s patents average 25.2 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.

How is the The MathWorks, Inc. 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

The MathWorks, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 450 granted patents across 36 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #976 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 450 patents across 36 technology areas.

#976
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.9/100): 25.2
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R976 · US Corporation #976 · 450 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 450 grants
TOP-DECILE #976/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Commonwealth…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Commonwealth Scientific AND Industrial Research Organisation (±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
Beijing Geekplus… · near

60
Oceanit Laboratories · near

60
The MathWorks · this assignee

60
Institute of… · near

60
Jiangnan University · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 59.9/100 (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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The MathWorks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 95.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (108 grants) versus a trough of 11 in 2023. By volume, The sits between Toshiba Mitsubishi-electric Industrial Systems Corporation and THE Coca-cola Company.

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The MathWorks, Inc. moved from 97 to 38 grants (0.39x 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 #2,895. See the growth leaderboard.

Toshiba Mitsubish…

452
Delphi

451
Commonwealth Scie…

450
Gree Electric App…

450
The Mathworks ◀

450
Avery Dennison Re…

449
Hologic

449
Rosemount Aerospa…

449
THE Coca-cola

449

What this shows The holds 450 patents at rank #976, 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 #976 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd. 60 Oceanit Laboratories, Inc. 60 Jiangnan University 60 Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (25.2 here).

Denali Therapeutics Inc. 25.2 avg Origin Wireless, Inc. 25.2 avg Altiostar Networks, Inc. 25.1 avg Duelight LLC 25.2 avg

The'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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The MathWorks, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	108	24.0%
2016	102	22.7%
2017	71	15.8%
2018	30	6.7%
2019	40	8.9%
2020	33	7.3%
2021	24	5.3%
2022	16	3.6%
2023	11	2.4%
2024	11	2.4%
2025partial year	4	0.9%

Which technologies does The MathWorks, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 428

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 22

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 20

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 17

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 16

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

H04B - Transmission 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 3

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06G - Analogue Computers 3

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#976

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.9 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

The MathWorks, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The MathWorks, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 95.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #976 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The MathWorks, Inc. against Toshiba Mitsubishi-electric Industrial Systems Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.9/100 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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