Where does DDC Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DDC Technology, LLC ranks #46,063 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 DDC Technology, LLC hold?

DDC Technology, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is DDC Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

DDC Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DDC Technology, LLC focus on?

DDC Technology, LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 5 patents, ranking #1,733 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is DDC Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for DDC Technology, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for DDC Technology, LLC's patents?

DDC Technology, LLC's patents average 24.8 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 DDC Technology, 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

DDC Technology, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DDC ranks #46,063 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#46,063
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 24.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46063 · US Corporation #46,063 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,063/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dbmotion
CPC-NARROW G02B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dbmotion Ltd. (±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 DDC’s 32.6 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 6.2 pts (19%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 7.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DDC Technology · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DDC's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 DDC?

Each dot is one of DDC’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). DDC’s own 24.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 20.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where DDC's grants concentrate

DDC Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, DDC sits between Dbmotion Ltd. and Deborah A. Lambert AS Trustee OF THE Deborah A. Lambert Irrevocable Trust FOR Mark Lambert.

DDC's three-year grant acceleration

DDC Technology, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Dbmotion

5
DCB Solutions

5
DCL International

5
DCR IP

5
DE Nora Holdings…

5
Dealerware

5
Dean Technology

5
Deborah A Lambert…

5
DDC Technology ◀

5

What this shows DDC holds 5 patents at rank #46,043, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DDC

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,043 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

DDC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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DDC Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does DDC Technology, LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

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

DDC Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DDC Technology, LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #46,063 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DDC Technology, LLC against Dbmotion Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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.