Where does DCI Marketing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DCI Marketing, Inc. ranks #39,770 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 DCI Marketing, Inc. hold?

DCI Marketing, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is DCI Marketing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DCI Marketing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 19.4 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DCI Marketing, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DCI Marketing, 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 DCI Marketing, Inc.'s patents?

DCI Marketing, Inc.'s patents average 9.3 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 DCI Marketing, 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

DCI Marketing, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does DCI Marketing, Inc. focus on?

DCI Marketing, Inc.'s top technology area is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters) with 2 patents, ranking #174 of 482 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 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: A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DCI ranks #39,770 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#39,770
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.4/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39770 · US Corporation #39,770 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,770/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DBI Holding
CPC-NARROW A47F · 4 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DBI Holding, LLC (±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 DCI’s 19.4 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 6.7 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (37%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Akkolens Internation… · near

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DCI Marketing · this assignee

19
Clondiag · near

19
Guangzhou Fullriver… · near

19
JIN · near

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows DCI's Innovation Score is 19.4/100 (6th 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 DCI?

Each dot is one of DCI’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). DCI’s own 9.3 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where DCI's grants concentrate

DCI Marketing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, DCI sits between DBI Holding, LLC and Deep Brain Stimulation Technologies PTY. Ltd..

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DCI Marketing ◀

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What this shows DCI holds 6 patents at rank #39,754, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DCI

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,754 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47F (Special Furniture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DCI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47F (Special Furniture), DCI ranks #174 of 482 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (19 here).

Akkolens International B.V. 19 Clondiag GMBH 19 Guangzhou Fullriver Battery NEW Technology Co., Ltd. 19 JIN Co., Ltd. 19

DCI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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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.

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DCI Marketing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%

Which technologies does DCI Marketing, Inc. patent most?

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 4 of 4 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

DCI Marketing, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DCI Marketing, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47F
Ranked #39,770 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DCI Marketing, Inc. against DBI Holding, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.4/100 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

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