Where does Dean Technology Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dean Technology Inc. ranks #46,067 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 Dean Technology Inc. hold?

Dean Technology Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Dean Technology Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dean Technology Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.1 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dean Technology Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dean Technology Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Dean Technology Inc.'s patents?

Dean Technology Inc.'s patents average 10.0 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 Dean Technology 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

Dean Technology Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Dean Technology Inc. focus on?

Dean Technology Inc.'s top technology area is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2020. 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: H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dean ranks #46,067 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#46,067
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.1/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46067 · US Corporation #46,067 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,067/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DCR IP
CPC-NARROW H02M · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DCR IP Company, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dean Technology · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dean's Innovation Score is 20.1/100 (7th 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.

Where Dean's grants concentrate

Dean Technology Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Dean sits between DCR IP Company, LLC and Deep Instinct.

DCR IP

5
DDC Technology

5
DE Nora Holdings…

5
Dealerware

5
Deborah A Lambert…

5
Debregeas ET Asso…

5
Decon7 Systems

5
Deep Instinct

5
Dean Technology ◀

5

What this shows Dean holds 5 patents at rank #46,046, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dean

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,046 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

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

Dean's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dean Technology Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	60.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Dean Technology Inc. patent most?

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 5

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,067

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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Dean Technology Inc.'s lead technology class is H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER;), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #46,067 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 20.1/100 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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