Where does Dbdrop Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dbdrop Inc. ranks #46,057 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 Dbdrop Inc. hold?

Dbdrop Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Dbdrop Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dbdrop Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.6 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Dbdrop Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Dbdrop Inc.'s patents?

Dbdrop Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Dbdrop 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

Dbdrop Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Dbdrop Inc. focus on?

Dbdrop Inc.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2020. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dbdrop ranks #46,057 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#46,057
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.6/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46057 · US Corporation #46,057 · 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 #46,057/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Datalogic Software
CPC-NARROW F41A · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Datalogic Software, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dbdrop · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dbdrop's Innovation Score is 21.6/100 (9th 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.

Where Dbdrop's grants concentrate

Dbdrop Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Dbdrop sits between Datalogic Software, Inc. and DCL International Inc..

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5

What this shows Dbdrop holds 5 patents at rank #46,037, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dbdrop

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,037 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Dbdrop's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2020

Grants by year

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

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Dbdrop Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	80.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Dbdrop Inc. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 5

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,057

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.6 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

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

Dbdrop Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #46,057 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dbdrop Inc. against Datalogic Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.6/100 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.