Where does Descript, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Descript, Inc. ranks #17,598 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 Descript, Inc. hold?

Descript, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Descript, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Descript, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Descript, Inc. focus on?

Descript, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 16 patents, ranking #2,520 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Descript, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Descript, Inc.'s patents?

Descript, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Descript, 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

Descript, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Descript ranks #17,598 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 8 technology areas.

#17,598
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +1100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17598 · US Corporation #17,598 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,598/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Debiopharm Internati…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Debiopharm International S.A. (±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 Descript’s 50.3 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 9.8 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 10.0 pts (20%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The University of… · near

50
Attentive Mobile · near

50
De Beers UK · near

50
Descript · this assignee

50
Discover Financial… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Descript's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Descript?

Each dot is one of Descript’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). Descript’s own 17.5 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Descript's grants concentrate

Descript, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Descript sits between Debiopharm International S.A. and Dice Corporation.

Descript's three-year grant acceleration

Descript, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Debiopharm Intern…

16
Decopac

16
Deep Vision

16
Delkor Systems

16
Deublin

16
Deutsches Institu…

16
Devfactory Fz-

16
Dice

16
Descript ◀

16

What this shows Descript holds 16 patents at rank #17,607, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Descript

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,607 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Descript, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Descript ranks #2,520 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

De Beers UK Ltd 50 Discover Financial Services 50 Attentive Mobile Inc. 50 The University of Newcastle 50

Descript's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Descript, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	6.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	3	18.8%
2024	6	37.5%
2025partial year	3	18.8%

Which technologies does Descript, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 15

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 4

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 4

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

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

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Descript, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #17,598 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Descript, Inc. against Debiopharm International S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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