Where does DarkVision Technologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DarkVision Technologies Inc. ranks #11,617 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 DarkVision Technologies Inc. hold?

DarkVision Technologies Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is DarkVision Technologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DarkVision Technologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DarkVision Technologies Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for DarkVision Technologies Inc..

What does claim depth mean for DarkVision Technologies Inc.'s patents?

DarkVision Technologies Inc.'s patents average 20.3 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 DarkVision Technologies 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 Foreign Corporation

DarkVision Technologies Inc.

Q: What technology areas does DarkVision Technologies Inc. focus on?

DarkVision Technologies Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 18 patents, ranking #203 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Darkvision ranks #11,617 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 15 technology areas.

#11,617
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.3/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11617 · Foreign Corporation #11,617 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,617/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Davol
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Davol 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 Darkvision’s 57.3 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 11.4 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 13.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acco Brands · near

57
DarkVision · this assignee

57
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT… · near

57
Orpyx Medical · near

57
The University of… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Darkvision's Innovation Score is 57.3/100 (top 5% 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 Darkvision?

Each dot is one of Darkvision’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). Darkvision’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Darkvision's grants concentrate

DarkVision Technologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Darkvision sits between DNF Co., Ltd and Ecobee Inc..

Darkvision's three-year grant acceleration

DarkVision Technologies Inc. shows 20 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.

DNF

26
Dominion Energy

26
Dorma Deutschland

26
DOT Incorporation

26
Davol

26
Department of Bio…

26
Design Infini

26
Ecobee

26
Darkvision ◀

26

What this shows DarkVision holds 26 patents at rank #11,624, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DarkVision

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,624 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DarkVision, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), DarkVision ranks #203 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. 57 The University of Melbourne 57 Acco Brands Corporation 57 GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH 57

Darkvision's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

DarkVision Technologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	3.8%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	2	7.7%
2023	10	38.5%
2024	8	30.8%
2025partial year	4	15.4%

Which technologies does DarkVision Technologies Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 18

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 12

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 15 of 15 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

DarkVision Technologies Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DarkVision Technologies Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #11,617 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DarkVision Technologies Inc. against DNF Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.