Where does Dayton Progress Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dayton Progress Corporation ranks #46,055 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 Dayton Progress Corporation hold?

Dayton Progress Corporation holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Dayton Progress Corporation's Innovation Score?

Dayton Progress Corporation has an Innovation Score of 27.7 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dayton Progress Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dayton Progress Corporation'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 Dayton Progress Corporation's patents?

Dayton Progress Corporation's patents average 18.2 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 Dayton Progress 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 US Corporation

Dayton Progress Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Dayton Progress Corporation focus on?

Dayton Progress Corporation's top technology area is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal) with 5 patents, ranking #147 of 818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dayton ranks #46,055 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#46,055
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.7/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46055 · US Corporation #46,055 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,055/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH David B Knight &…
CPC-NARROW B21D · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: David B. Knight & Associates, 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 Dayton’s 27.7 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Dayton Progress · this assignee

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What this shows Dayton's Innovation Score is 27.7/100 (25th 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 Dayton?

Each dot is one of Dayton’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). Dayton’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dayton's grants concentrate

Dayton Progress Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Dayton sits between David B. Knight & Associates, Inc. and DeWind One-Pass Trenching, LLC.

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Dayton Progress ◀

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What this shows Dayton holds 5 patents at rank #46,224, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dayton

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,224 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes)

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

Dayton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Dayton Progress Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	2	40.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Dayton Progress Corporation patent most?

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 3

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 3

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

C22C - Alloys 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Dayton Progress Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dayton Progress Corporation's lead technology class is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21D
Ranked #46,055 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dayton Progress Corporation against David B. Knight & Associates, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.7/100 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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