Where does Defense Agency for Technology and Quality rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Defense Agency for Technology and Quality ranks #34,971 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 Defense Agency for Technology and Quality hold?

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's Innovation Score?

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Defense Agency for Technology and Quality focus on?

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 4 patents, ranking #2,514 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's patents?

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's patents average 8.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality

Q: How is the Defense Agency for Technology and Quality 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 16 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Defense ranks #34,971 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 16 technology areas.

#34,971
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34971 · Foreign Corporation #34,971 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,971/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Decra Stone
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Decra Stone, 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 Defense’s 46.3 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 7.2 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 14.1 pts (30%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (11%)

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What this shows Defense's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Defense?

Each dot is one of Defense’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). Defense’s own 8.3 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Defense's grants concentrate

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Defense sits between Decra Stone, Inc. and Delsun Co., Ltd..

Defense's three-year grant acceleration

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows Defense holds 7 patents at rank #35,023, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Defense

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,023 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Defense's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Defense Agency for Technology and Quality patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2024	4	57.1%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Defense Agency for Technology and Quality patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Defense Agency for Technology and Quality's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #34,971 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Defense Agency for Technology and Quality against Decra Stone, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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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