Where does D'Addario & Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), D'Addario & Company, Inc. ranks #9,478 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'Addario & Company, Inc. hold?

D'Addario & Company, Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is D'Addario & Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

D'Addario & Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.2 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is D'Addario & Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

D'Addario & Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for D'Addario & Company, Inc.'s patents?

D'Addario & Company, Inc.'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 D'Addario & Company, 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

D'Addario & Company, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does D'Addario & Company, Inc. focus on?

D'Addario & Company, Inc.'s top technology area is G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 15 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise P).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, D'addario ranks #9,478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 11 technology areas.

#9,478
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.2/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9478 · US Corporation #9,478 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,478/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ColdSnap
CPC-FOCUS G10D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ColdSnap, Corp. (±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
D'Addario & · this assignee

35
Fiat Group Automobil… · near

35
Hanmi Science · near

35
ORtelligence · near

35
U S Patent Innovations · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows D'addario's Innovation Score is 35.2/100 (top 50% 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 D'addario's grants concentrate

D'Addario & Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise P). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, D'addario sits between ColdSnap, Corp. and Dicon Fiberoptics, Inc..

D'addario's three-year grant acceleration

D'Addario & Company, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Coldsnap

33
Commscope Asia Ho…

33
Corelogic Solutio…

33
Crowdcomfort

33
Daiwa Kasei Indus…

33
David Austin Roses

33
DE Nora Permelec

33
Dicon Fiberoptics

33
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33

What this shows D'Addario holds 33 patents at rank #9,478, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near D'Addario

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,478 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10D (Stringed Musical Instruments)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for D'Addario, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Fiat Group Automobiles S.P.A. 35 U.S. Patent Innovations, LLC 35 Hanmi Science Co., Ltd 35 ORtelligence, LLC 35

D'addario's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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'Addario & Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.0%
2016	2	6.1%
2017	3	9.1%
2018	3	9.1%
2019	6	18.2%
2020	8	24.2%
2021	3	9.1%
2022	3	9.1%
2023	2	6.1%
2024	2	6.1%

Which technologies does D'Addario & Company, Inc. patent most?

G10D - Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

G10G - Representation OF MUSIC; Recording Music IN Notation FORM; Accessories FOR Music OR Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Supports 3

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B27K - Processes, Apparatus OR Selection OF Substances FOR Impregnating, Staining, Dyeing, Bleaching OF Wood OR Similar Materials, OR Treating OF Wood OR Similar Materials With Permeant Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Chemical OR Physical Treatment OF Cork, Cane, Reed, Straw OR Similar Materials 2

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 1

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#9,478

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.2 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

D'Addario & Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

D'Addario & Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise P), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G10D
Ranked #9,478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare D'Addario & Company, Inc. against ColdSnap, Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.2/100 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

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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