Where does Digital Signal Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Digital Signal Corporation ranks #16,732 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 Signal Corporation hold?

Digital Signal Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Digital Signal Corporation's Innovation Score?

Digital Signal Corporation has an Innovation Score of 28.1 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Digital Signal Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Digital Signal Corporation'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 Signal Corporation's patents?

Digital Signal Corporation's patents average 12.6 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 Digital Signal Corporation 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 Signal Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Digital Signal Corporation focus on?

Digital Signal Corporation's top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 13 patents, ranking #427 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Digital ranks #16,732 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 9 technology areas.

#16,732
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.1/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16732 · US Corporation #16,732 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,732/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dane
CPC-NARROW G01S · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dane Technologies, 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 Digital’s 28.1 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 10.0 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Digital Signal · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Digital's Innovation Score is 28.1/100 (26th 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 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 18.2 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 Signal Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 76.5% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Digital sits between Durastat LLC and Dodge Industrial Inc..

Durastat

17
Dane

17
Datastax

17
Deepnorth

17
Dimensional Insig…

17
Discovery Purchas…

17
Dishcraft Robotics

17
Dodge Industrial

17
Digital Signal ◀

17

What this shows Digital holds 17 patents at rank #16,742, 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 #16,742 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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)

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 Signal Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	29.4%
2016	3	17.6%
2017	5	29.4%
2018	4	23.5%

Which technologies does Digital Signal Corporation patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Signal Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Digital Signal Corporation's lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 76.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #16,732 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Digital Signal Corporation against Durastat LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.1/100 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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