Where does Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. ranks #4,236 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 Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. hold?

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.8 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 Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s patents?

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s patents average 13.5 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 Delaware Capital Formation, 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

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. focus on?

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 22 patents. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 52 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: B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Delaware ranks #4,236 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 52 technology areas.

#4,236
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4236 · US Corporation #4,236 · 84 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,236/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bausch & Lomb…
CPC-WIDE B25B · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (±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
Delaware Capital… · this assignee

52
Dialog Semiconductor… · near

52
Federal-mogul Ignition · near

52
HiDeep · near

52
University of… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Delaware's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (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.

How Delaware's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. received 31 grants versus 49 in 2015–2019 (-37% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 4. Lead class B25B accounts for 26.2% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated (#4,232) and GN Netcom A/S (#4,240).

Delaware's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. moved from 24 to 12 grants (0.50x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Bausch & Lomb Inc…

84
Bühler

84
Cybex

84
Datalogic USA

84
Earlens

84
Flipboard

84
Festo & KG

84
GN Netcom A/S

84
Delaware Capital… ◀

84

What this shows Delaware holds 84 patents at rank #4,236, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Delaware

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,236 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Delaware, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

University of Louisiana at Lafayette 52 Dialog Semiconductor B.V. 52 Federal-mogul Ignition GMBH 52 HiDeep Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Paramount BED Co., Ltd. 13.5 avg GE Lighting Solutions LLC 13.5 avg Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. 13.5 avg Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. 13.5 avg

Delaware'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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Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	17.9%
2016	6	7.1%
2017	10	11.9%
2018	13	15.5%
2019	5	6.0%
2020	12	14.3%
2021	7	8.3%
2022	4	4.8%
2023	4	4.8%
2024	4	4.8%
2025partial year	4	4.8%

Which technologies does Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 22

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 13

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 10

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 8

F04F - Pumping OF Fluid BY Direct Contact OF Another Fluid OR BY Using Inertia OF Fluid TO BE Pumped ; Siphons 7

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 6

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 6

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

Top 15 of 52 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,236

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.8 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

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 26.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #4,236 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. against Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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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