Where does Digital Fountain, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Digital Fountain, Inc. ranks #24,206 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 Digital Fountain, Inc. hold?

Digital Fountain, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Digital Fountain, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Digital Fountain, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th 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 Digital Fountain, Inc. focus on?

Digital Fountain, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 10 patents, ranking #2,376 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

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

Digital Fountain, Inc.'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 Digital Fountain, Inc.'s patents?

Digital Fountain, Inc.'s patents average 40.7 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 Digital Fountain, 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

Digital Fountain, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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, Digital ranks #24,206 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 2 technology areas.

#24,206
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 40.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24206 · US Corporation #24,206 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,206/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Diehl Aviation…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 40.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Diehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH (±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 Digital’s 28.6 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 (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (17%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (52%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Digital Fountain · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Digital's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Digital?

Each dot is one of Digital’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). Digital’s own 40.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Digital's grants concentrate

Digital Fountain, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Digital sits between Diehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH and Dolphin N2 Limited.

Diehl Aviation La…

11
Digerati

11
Diggs

11
Digital Concepts…

11
Disruptive Resear…

11
Divert

11
Dolby Laboratories

11
Dolphin N2

11
Digital Fountain ◀

11

What this shows Digital holds 11 patents at rank #24,213, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Digital

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,213 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Digital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Digital Fountain, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	27.3%
2016	8	72.7%

Which technologies does Digital Fountain, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 10

Top 2 of 2 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

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

Digital Fountain, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #24,206 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Digital Fountain, Inc. against Diehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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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