Where does Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated ranks #4,286 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated's patents?

Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated's patents average 16.2 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 US Corporation

Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated

Q: How is the Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated 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 - 83 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Diebold ranks #4,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 83 patents across 23 technology areas.

#4,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4286 · US Corporation #4,286 · 83 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 83 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cipla
CPC-FOCUS G07F · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cipla Limited (±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
Diebold Self-Service… · this assignee

42
Eureka Therapeutics · near

42
J A Woollam · near

42
Qingdao Haier · near

42
SII Printek · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Diebold's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 32% 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 Diebold's grants concentrate

Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 84.3% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (32 grants) versus a trough of 20 in 2017. By volume, Diebold sits between Cipla Limited and Etron Technology, Inc..

Cipla

83
Clemson University

83
Commscope Connect…

83
Cornell Research…

83
Ems-patent

83
Theatre Controls

83
Elemental LED

83
Etron Technology

83
Diebold Self-serv… ◀

83

What this shows Diebold holds 83 patents at rank #4,286, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Diebold

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,286 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

SII Printek Inc. 42 J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. 42 Eureka Therapeutics, Inc. 42 Qingdao Haier Co., Ltd. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

Extang Corporation 16.2 avg Netspeed Systems, Inc. 16.2 avg Ottobock SE & Co. Kgaa 16.2 avg Biomet C.V. 16.2 avg

Diebold's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	38.6%
2016	31	37.3%
2017	20	24.1%

Which technologies does Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 70

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 43

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 14

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 2

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,286

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.0 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

Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated's lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 84.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #4,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated against Cipla Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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