Where does D-Link Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), D-Link Corporation ranks #12,400 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 D-Link Corporation hold?

D-Link Corporation holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is D-Link Corporation's Innovation Score?

D-Link Corporation has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does D-Link Corporation focus on?

D-Link Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 11 patents, ranking #2,214 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is D-Link Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

D-Link Corporation's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 D-Link Corporation's patents?

D-Link Corporation's patents average 7.5 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 D-Link Corporation 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

D-Link Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 11 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, D-link ranks #12,400 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 11 technology areas.

#12,400
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 7.5
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12400 · Foreign Corporation #12,400 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,400/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Coviden
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Coviden LP (±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 D-link’s 34.0 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 11.1 pts (33%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 11.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 4.5 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
D-Link · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows D-link's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th percentile 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 D-link?

Each dot is one of D-link’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). D-link’s own 7.5 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where D-link's grants concentrate

D-Link Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 45.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, D-link sits between Coviden LP and Dentsu Inc..

D-link's three-year grant acceleration

D-Link Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Coviden

24
Cumberland Pharma…

24
Cyclerion Therape…

24
Cyral

24
Deka Biosciences

24
Delfortgroup

24
Denka Seiken

24
Dentsu

24
D-link ◀

24

What this shows D-Link holds 24 patents at rank #12,401, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near D-Link

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,401 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in D-Link's primary technology class.

D-link's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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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D-Link Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	29.2%
2016	5	20.8%
2017	4	16.7%
2018	2	8.3%
2020	1	4.2%
2021	1	4.2%
2023	1	4.2%
2024	1	4.2%
2025partial year	2	8.3%

Which technologies does D-Link Corporation patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

H04B - Transmission 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

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 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 11 of 11 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

D-Link Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

D-Link Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 45.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #12,400 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare D-Link Corporation against Coviden LP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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