USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University

Q: Where does The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University ranks #2,103 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill 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 PatentsView assignee record - 188 granted patents across 127 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, The ranks #2,103 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 188 patents across 127 technology areas.

#2,103
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.8/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2103 · Foreign Corporation #2,103 · 188 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 188 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,103/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hamilton Beach Brands
CPC-WIDE A61K · 127 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hamilton Beach Brands, 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
E G O Elektro-Geraet… · near

57
Jade Bird Display… · near

57
Kellogg Brown & Root · near

57
Nubis Communications · near

57
The Royal Institutio… · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 56.8/100 (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.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University received 77 grants versus 100 in 2015–2019 (-23% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 31 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 9. Lead class A61K accounts for 22.3% of the portfolio across 127 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. (#2,099) and Walker Edison Furniture Company LLC (#2,107).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University moved from 66 to 42 grants (0.64x 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 #2,345. See the growth leaderboard.

Hamilton Beach Br…

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Starbucks

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188
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188
The Royal Institu… ◀

188

What this shows The holds 188 patents at rank #2,103, 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 #2,103 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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 (57 here).

E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH 57 Kellogg Brown & Root LLC 57 Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) Limited 57 Nubis Communications, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Abbott Medical Optics Inc. 15.7 avg Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. 15.7 avg National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC 15.7 avg Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 15.7 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 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 Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	9.0%
2016	22	11.7%
2017	15	8.0%
2018	15	8.0%
2019	31	16.5%
2020	22	11.7%
2021	13	6.9%
2022	18	9.6%
2023	15	8.0%
2024	9	4.8%
2025partial year	11	5.9%

Which technologies does The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 42

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 37

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 25

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 23

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 17

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 15

C07K - Peptides 14

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 11

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 11

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 9

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 9

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 9

Top 15 of 127 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,103

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.8 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 Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 22.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #2,103 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University against Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.8/100 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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