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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Digital Voice Systems, Inc. ranks #35,019 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 Voice Systems, Inc. hold?

Digital Voice Systems, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Digital Voice Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Digital Voice Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Digital Voice Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Digital Voice Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Digital Voice Systems, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 Voice Systems, 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 Voice Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Digital Voice Systems, Inc. focus on?

Digital Voice Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding) with 7 patents, ranking #359 of 1,620 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Digital ranks #35,019 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#35,019
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35019 · US Corporation #35,019 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,019/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Diehl Metall…
CPC-NARROW G10L · 2 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG (±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 42.0 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 7.2 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (48%) Breadth 5.0 pts (12%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Digital Voice Systems · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Digital'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.

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 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 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 Voice Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Digital sits between Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG and Diversified Products, LLC.

Digital's three-year grant acceleration

Digital Voice Systems, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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Directly Software

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What this shows Digital holds 7 patents at rank #35,055, 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 #35,055 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech Synthesis)

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)

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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Digital Voice Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Digital Voice Systems, Inc. patent most?

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 7

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

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

Digital Voice Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G10L
Ranked #35,019 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Digital Voice Systems, Inc. against Diehl Metall Stiftung & Co. KG, 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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