Where does DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. ranks #22,446 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. hold?

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.5 out of 100 (top 76% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. focus on?

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents?

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents average 9.1 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 DAWS Manufacturing 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

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: E05B (LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DAWS ranks #22,446 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 14 technology areas.

#22,446
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 76%
by Innovation Score (27.5/100): 9.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22446 · US Corporation #22,446 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,446/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH DAINICHI
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dainichi Co., Ltd. (±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
DAWS Manufacturing · this assignee

28
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows DAWS's Innovation Score is 27.5/100 (top 76% 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 DAWS's grants concentrate

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, DAWS sits between Dainichi Co., Ltd. and DEEP Genomics Incorporated.

Dainichi

12
Damballa

12
Danxiao Informati…

12
Datascope

12
Daybreak GAME

12
DE Grisogono

12
De-identification

12
DEEP Genomics Inc…

12
DAWS Manufacturing ◀

12

What this shows DAWS holds 12 patents at rank #22,441, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DAWS

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,441 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

DAWS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 Top 76% higher than 24% of 50,000 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 · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	25.0%
2016	4	33.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	1	8.3%

Which technologies does DAWS Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS 5

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 4

B65D - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES 4

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 3

B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS 2

E05C - BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS 2

E02F - DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING 1

B66F - HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD 1

B23K - SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM 1

B25H - WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS 1

B65G - TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS 1

F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING 1

B60Y - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY 1

B60K - ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,446

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.5 out of 100

View all rankings →

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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.