Where does Digital & Future Technologies Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Digital & Future Technologies Limited ranks #46,163 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 & Future Technologies Limited hold?

Digital & Future Technologies Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Digital & Future Technologies Limited's Innovation Score?

Digital & Future Technologies Limited has an Innovation Score of 49.6 out of 100 (top 14% 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 & Future Technologies Limited focus on?

Digital & Future Technologies Limited's top technology area is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor) with 3 patents, ranking #234 of 545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Digital & Future Technologies Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Digital & Future Technologies Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Digital & Future Technologies Limited's patents?

Digital & Future Technologies Limited's patents average 17.0 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 & Future Technologies Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Digital & Future Technologies Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Digital ranks #46,163 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 14 technology areas.

#46,163
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.6/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46163 · Foreign Corporation #46,163 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,163/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Diamond Mowers
CPC-FOCUS B64U · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Diamond Mowers, LLC (±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 49.6 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 6.2 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 13.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Digital & Future · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Digital's Innovation Score is 49.6/100 (top 14% 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 17.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Digital's grants concentrate

Digital & Future Technologies Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor). By volume, Digital sits between Diamond Mowers, LLC and DigitalOcean, LLC.

Digital's three-year grant acceleration

Digital & Future Technologies Limited shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Diamond Mowers

5
Diamond Tool Supp…

5
Diehl Stiftung &…

5
Digicourse

5
Digital Immunity

5
Digital Medical

5
Digital Rise Tech…

5
Digitalocean

5
Digital & Future ◀

5

What this shows Digital holds 5 patents at rank #46,280, 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 #46,280 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV])

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)

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Digital & Future Technologies Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Digital & Future Technologies Limited patent most?

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 1

A23K - Fodder 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Digital & Future Technologies Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Digital & Future Technologies Limited's lead technology class is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64U
Ranked #46,163 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Digital & Future Technologies Limited against Diamond Mowers, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.6/100 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

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.