Where does Directa Plus S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Directa Plus S.p.A. ranks #19,669 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 Directa Plus S.p.A. hold?

Directa Plus S.p.A. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Directa Plus S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

Directa Plus S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Directa Plus S.p.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Directa Plus S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Directa Plus S.p.A.'s patents?

Directa Plus S.p.A.'s patents average 18.3 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 Directa Plus S.p.A. 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

Directa Plus S.p.A.

Q: What technology areas does Directa Plus S.p.A. focus on?

Directa Plus S.p.A.'s top technology area is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures) with 9 patents, ranking #247 of 1,598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Directa ranks #19,669 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 27 technology areas.

#19,669
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19669 · Foreign Corporation #19,669 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,669/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Depomed
CPC-FOCUS B82Y · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Depomed, 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 Directa’s 44.0 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 9.4 pts (21%) Velocity 5.3 pts (12%) Breadth 18.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carlisle Constructio… · near

44
Directa Plus S p A · this assignee

44
Loci Orthopaedics · near

44
Lumentum Japan · near

44
Hinova Pharmaceuticals · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Directa's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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 Directa?

Each dot is one of Directa’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). Directa’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Directa's grants concentrate

Directa Plus S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 64.3% of grants classified under B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Directa sits between Depomed, Inc. and Dongguan Yongxiang plastic products Co., Ltd.

Directa's three-year grant acceleration

Directa Plus S.p.A. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Depomed

14
Dexter Axle

14
Digi-star

14
Digital Innovatio…

14
Dizal (Jiangsu) P…

14
Dmitriy &

14
Document Storage…

14
Dongguan Yongxian…

14
Directa Plus S p A ◀

14

What this shows Directa holds 14 patents at rank #19,678, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Directa

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,678 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Directa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures), Directa ranks #247 of 1,598 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Carlisle Construction Materials, LLC 44 Lumentum Japan, Inc. 44 Loci Orthopaedics Limited 44 Hinova Pharmaceuticals Inc. 44

Directa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Directa Plus S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	14.3%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	1	7.1%
2024	3	21.4%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Directa Plus S.p.A. patent most?

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 9

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

B01D - Separation 3

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 2

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

C22C - Alloys 1

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 1

Top 15 of 27 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

Directa Plus S.p.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Directa Plus S.p.A.'s lead technology class is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B82Y
Ranked #19,669 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Directa Plus S.p.A. against Depomed, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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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