Where does Direct Supply, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Direct Supply, Inc. ranks #15,957 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 Direct Supply, Inc. hold?

Direct Supply, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Direct Supply, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Direct Supply, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.6 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Direct Supply, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Direct Supply, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Direct Supply, Inc.'s patents?

Direct Supply, Inc.'s patents average 22.0 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 Direct Supply, 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

Direct Supply, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Direct Supply, Inc. focus on?

Direct Supply, Inc.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 8 patents, ranking #1,580 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Direct ranks #15,957 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#15,957
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.6/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: +1500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15957 · US Corporation #15,957 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,957/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Delta-Q
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Delta-Q Technologies Corp. (±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 Direct’s 56.6 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 10.2 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 13.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Direct Supply · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Direct's Innovation Score is 56.6/100 (top 6% 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 Direct?

Each dot is one of Direct’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). Direct’s own 22.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Direct's grants concentrate

Direct Supply, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Direct sits between Delta-Q Technologies Corp. and Dong Guan Bright Yinhuey Lighting Co., Ltd. China.

Direct's three-year grant acceleration

Direct Supply, Inc. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Delta-q

18
Designer Ties

18
Deuterx

18
Diageo North Amer…

18
Distance Oy

18
Dixie Consumer Pr…

18
Domtar Paper

18
Dong Guan Bright…

18
Direct Supply ◀

18

What this shows Direct holds 18 patents at rank #15,961, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Direct

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,961 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Direct's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Direct Supply, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	5.6%
2020	1	5.6%
2021	1	5.6%
2022	3	16.7%
2023	7	38.9%
2024	4	22.2%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Direct Supply, Inc. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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 1

G01G - Weighing 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Direct Supply, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Direct Supply, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #15,957 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Direct Supply, Inc. against Delta-Q Technologies Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.6/100 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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