Where does DBG Group Investments, Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DBG Group Investments, Llc ranks #20,990 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 DBG Group Investments, Llc hold?

DBG Group Investments, Llc holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is DBG Group Investments, Llc's Innovation Score?

DBG Group Investments, Llc has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (top 66% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DBG Group Investments, Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DBG Group Investments, Llc's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 DBG Group Investments, Llc's patents?

DBG Group Investments, Llc's patents average 14.2 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 DBG Group Investments, Llc 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

DBG Group Investments, Llc

Q: What technology areas does DBG Group Investments, Llc focus on?

DBG Group Investments, Llc's top technology area is A61L (METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61L (METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DBG ranks #20,990 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 11 technology areas.

#20,990
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 66%
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20990 · US Corporation #20,990 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,990/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH DAIICHI SANKYO EUROPE
CPC-FOCUS A61L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daiichi Sankyo Europe Gmbh (±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
DBG Group Investments · this assignee

30
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows DBG's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (top 66% 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 DBG's grants concentrate

DBG Group Investments, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under A61L (METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES;). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, DBG sits between D.t. Davis Enterprises, Ltd. and DERQ Inc..

D T Davis Enterpr…

13
Daiichi Sankyo Eu…

13
DAJ Global Partne…

13
Dashamerica

13
Delta Galil Indus…

13
Delvaux Createur

13
Demby Development

13
DERQ

13
DBG Group Investm… ◀

13

What this shows DBG holds 13 patents at rank #20,988, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DBG

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,988 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

DBG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 Top 66% higher than 34% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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DBG Group Investments, Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	4	30.8%
2021	3	23.1%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does DBG Group Investments, Llc patent most?

A61L - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES 10

B01D - SEPARATION 8

B60H - ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES 4

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING 2

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 1

B01F - MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING 1

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 1

C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE 1

C11D - DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL 1

D06F - LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES 1

C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,990

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.3 out of 100

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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

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