Is Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)'s recent grant velocity is -60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Government

Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)

Q: Where does Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) ranks #35,022 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Director ranks #35,022 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 19 technology areas.

#35,022
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35022 · Foreign Government #35,022 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,022/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Designing Solutions
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Designing Solutions, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Director General… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Director'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.

Where Director's grants concentrate

Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 14.3% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Director sits between Designing Solutions, LLC and DMD Systems, LLC.

Director's three-year grant acceleration

Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) shows 1 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.

Designing Solutio…

7
DHG

7
Dhpc

7
Diamond Dust Desi…

7
Distretto Tecnolo…

7
Diwo

7
DKR Consulting

7
DMD Systems

7
Director General… ◀

7

What this shows Director holds 7 patents at rank #34,959, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Director

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,959 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Director'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 · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

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 1

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#35,022

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 14.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #35,022 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) against Designing Solutions, 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

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