Where does DE LA RUE International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DE LA RUE International Limited ranks #4,664 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 DE LA RUE International Limited hold?

DE LA RUE International Limited holds 75 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is DE LA RUE International Limited's Innovation Score?

DE LA RUE International Limited has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DE LA RUE International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DE LA RUE International Limited's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 DE LA RUE International Limited's patents?

DE LA RUE International Limited's patents average 23.7 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 DE LA RUE International Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

DE LA RUE International Limited

Q: What technology areas does DE LA RUE International Limited focus on?

DE LA RUE International Limited's top technology area is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus) with 68 patents, ranking #4 of 253 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DE ranks #4,664 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 75 patents across 33 technology areas.

#4,664
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 23.7
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4664 · Foreign Corporation #4,664 · 75 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 75 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,664/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Becton Dickinson…
CPC-FOCUS B42D · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany 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.

How DE’s 52.0 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 15.0 pts (29%) Velocity 2.4 pts (5%) Breadth 20.3 pts (39%) Claim depth 14.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DE LA RUE Internatio… · this assignee

52
Excalibur IP · near

52
Industry-Academic… · near

52
Other LAB · near

52
Otto Bock Healthcare · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DE's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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 DE?

Each dot is one of DE’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). DE’s own 23.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where DE's grants concentrate

DE LA RUE International Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 90.7% of grants classified under B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, DE sits between Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH and Hefei Reliance Memory Limited.

DE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, DE LA RUE International Limited moved from 30 to 11 grants (0.37x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Becton Dickinson…

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75
Cloudera

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Crystal IS

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Federal Home Loan…

75
Grass

75
Hitachi-ge Nuclea…

75
Hefei Reliance Me…

75
DE LA RUE Interna… ◀

75

What this shows DE holds 75 patents at rank #4,664, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DE

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,664 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42D (Books)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B42D (Books), DE ranks #4 of 253 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Otto Bock Healthcare LP 52 Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University 52 Excalibur IP, LLC 52 Other LAB, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.7 here).

Instart Logic, Inc. 23.7 avg HI LLC 23.7 avg Veniam, Inc. 23.7 avg Weka.IO Ltd. 23.7 avg

DE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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DE LA RUE International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	10.7%
2016	7	9.3%
2017	9	12.0%
2018	8	10.7%
2019	8	10.7%
2020	16	21.3%
2021	6	8.0%
2022	5	6.7%
2023	2	2.7%
2024	4	5.3%
2025partial year	2	2.7%

Which technologies does DE LA RUE International Limited patent most?

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 68

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 28

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 25

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 12

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 4

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 4

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 4

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 4

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 3

B44F - Special Designs OR Pictures 3

Top 15 of 33 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

DE LA RUE International Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DE LA RUE International Limited's lead technology class is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A), 90.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42D
Ranked #4,664 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DE LA RUE International Limited against Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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