Where does DigitalOptics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DigitalOptics Corporation ranks #12,413 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 DigitalOptics Corporation hold?

DigitalOptics Corporation holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is DigitalOptics Corporation's Innovation Score?

DigitalOptics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DigitalOptics Corporation focus on?

DigitalOptics Corporation's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 21 patents, ranking #748 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is DigitalOptics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DigitalOptics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -96% 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 DigitalOptics Corporation's patents?

DigitalOptics Corporation's patents average 22.4 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 DigitalOptics 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

DigitalOptics Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Digitaloptics ranks #12,413 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 10 technology areas.

#12,413
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 22.4
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12413 · US Corporation #12,413 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,413/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Decibullz
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Decibullz 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 Digitaloptics’s 35.8 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 11.1 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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DigitalOptics · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Digitaloptics's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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 Digitaloptics?

Each dot is one of Digitaloptics’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). Digitaloptics’s own 22.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Digitaloptics's grants concentrate

DigitalOptics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Digitaloptics sits between Decibullz LLC and Doppler Labs, Inc..

Decibullz

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Deflecto

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Dialog Semiconduc…

24
Direct Cursus Tec…

24
Domain Surgical

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24
Doppler Labs

24
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What this shows DigitalOptics holds 24 patents at rank #12,416, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DigitalOptics

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,416 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Digitaloptics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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DigitalOptics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	25.0%
2016	8	33.3%
2017	3	12.5%
2018	5	20.8%
2019	1	4.2%
2020	1	4.2%

Which technologies does DigitalOptics Corporation patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 21

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 15

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

Top 10 of 10 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

DigitalOptics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DigitalOptics Corporation's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #12,413 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DigitalOptics Corporation against Decibullz LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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.