Where does Department 13, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Department 13, Inc. ranks #24,195 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 Department 13, Inc. hold?

Department 13, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Department 13, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Department 13, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th 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 Department 13, Inc. focus on?

Department 13, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 11 patents, ranking #2,214 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Department 13, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Department 13, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Department 13, Inc.'s patents?

Department 13, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Department 13, 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

Department 13, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Department ranks #24,195 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#24,195
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24195 · US Corporation #24,195 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,195/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Delpor
CPC-NARROW H04L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Delpor, 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 Department’s 31.2 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 8.6 pts (28%) Velocity 4.4 pts (14%) Breadth 7.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Department 13 · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Department's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 Department?

Each dot is one of Department’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). Department’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Department's grants concentrate

Department 13, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Department sits between Delpor, Inc. and Digerati, Inc..

Department's three-year grant acceleration

Department 13, Inc. 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.

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What this shows Department holds 11 patents at rank #24,206, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Department

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,206 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Department's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Department 13, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	4	36.4%
2019	3	27.3%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Department 13, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

H04B - Transmission 9

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 6

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

Department 13, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Department 13, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #24,195 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Department 13, Inc. against Delpor, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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.