Where does Distil Union, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Distil Union, LLC ranks #31,416 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 Distil Union, LLC hold?

Distil Union, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 0 technology areas.

What is Distil Union, LLC's Innovation Score?

Distil Union, LLC has an Innovation Score of 8.2 out of 100 (1st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Distil Union, LLC focus on?

Distil Union, LLC holds grants across 0 technology areas classified under the Cooperative Patent Classification system.

Is Distil Union, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Distil Union, LLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Distil Union, LLC's patents?

Distil Union, LLC's patents average 1.0 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 Distil Union, LLC 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

Distil Union, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Distil ranks #31,416 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 0 technology areas.

#31,416
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 1st percentile
by Innovation Score (8.2/100): 1.0
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31416 · US Corporation #31,416 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,416/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digital Aerolus
CPC-UNK CPC blank
INNOV-LOW 8.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digital Aerolus, 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 Distil’s 8.2 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 7.6 pts (93%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 0.0 pts (0%) Claim depth 0.6 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Distil Union · this assignee

8
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Distil's Innovation Score is 8.2/100 (1st percentile 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 Distil?

Each dot is one of Distil’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). Distil’s own 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 3.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Distil's grants concentrate

Distil Union, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Distil sits between Digital Aerolus, Inc. and Dongguan Dile Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd..

Digital Aerolus

8
Digitaloptometrics

8
Dimex Office Prod…

8
Dip-tech

8
Donaghys

8
Dong Guan Golden…

8
Dongguan Boyuan I…

8
Dongguan Dile Int…

8
Distil Union ◀

8

What this shows Distil holds 8 patents at rank #31,452, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Distil

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,452 in granted patent volume.

Distil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

8 1st percentile higher than 1% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Distil Union, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	25.0%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	3	37.5%
2021	1	12.5%

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Distil Union, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ranked #31,416 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Distil Union, LLC against Digital Aerolus, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 8.2/100 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.