Where does Dcstar Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dcstar Inc ranks #4,151 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 Dcstar Inc hold?

Dcstar Inc holds 86 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Dcstar Inc's Innovation Score?

Dcstar Inc has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dcstar Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Dcstar Inc.

What does claim depth mean for Dcstar Inc's patents?

Dcstar Inc's patents average 5.2 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 Dcstar 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

Dcstar Inc

Q: What technology areas does Dcstar Inc focus on?

Dcstar Inc's top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 19 patents, ranking #393 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 86 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dcstar ranks #4,151 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 86 patents across 4 technology areas.

#4,151
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 5.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4151 · US Corporation #4,151 · 86 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 86 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,151/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Broadband iTV
CPC-NARROW A61M · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Broadband iTV, 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 Dcstar’s 45.6 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 15.4 pts (34%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 7.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 3.1 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Goodrich Actuation… · near

46
Dcstar · this assignee

46
Heraeus Noblelight · near

46
NEX Team · near

46
PRx Performance · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dcstar's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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 Dcstar?

Each dot is one of Dcstar’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). Dcstar’s own 5.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dcstar's grants concentrate

Dcstar Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 22.1% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (38 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Dcstar sits between Broadband iTV, Inc. and Evernote Corporation.

Dcstar's three-year grant acceleration

Dcstar Inc shows 44 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Broadband itv

86
Cambro Manufactur…

86
Coast Cutlery

86
Corindus

86
Dali Systems

86
Esco Group

86
Eureka

86
Evernote

86
Dcstar ◀

86

What this shows Dcstar holds 86 patents at rank #4,150, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dcstar

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,150 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dcstar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Dcstar ranks #393 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Heraeus Noblelight GMBH 46 PRx Performance, LLC 46 NEX Team Inc. 46 Goodrich Actuation Systems SAS 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (5.2 here).

Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd. 5.2 avg Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. 5.2 avg Pum-tech Korea Co., Ltd 5.2 avg Oakley, Inc. 5.3 avg

Dcstar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Dcstar Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	1.2%
2021	3	3.5%
2022	2	2.3%
2023	4	4.7%
2024	38	44.2%
2025partial year	38	44.2%

Which technologies does Dcstar Inc patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 19

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 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

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

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

Dcstar Inc's lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 22.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #4,151 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dcstar Inc against Broadband iTV, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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

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