Where does DMF, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DMF, Inc. ranks #4,617 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 DMF, Inc. hold?

DMF, Inc. holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is DMF, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DMF, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

DMF, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +212% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

DMF, Inc.'s patents average 21.7 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 DMF, 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

DMF, Inc.

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

DMF, Inc.'s top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 45 patents, ranking #58 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DMF ranks #4,617 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 11 technology areas.

#4,617
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: +212%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4617 · US Corporation #4,617 · 76 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,617/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cricut
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +212% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cricut, 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 DMF’s 43.4 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 15.0 pts (35%) Velocity 3.7 pts (9%) Breadth 11.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DMF · this assignee

43
Manitowoc Crane… · near

43
Ondal Medical Systems · near

43
Zonar Systems · near

43
The 41st Parameter · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DMF's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 DMF?

Each dot is one of DMF’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). DMF’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where DMF's grants concentrate

DMF, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 59.2% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, DMF sits between Cricut, Inc. and Extang Corporation.

DMF's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, DMF, Inc. moved from 40 to 22 grants (0.55x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Cricut

76
Crimson Trace

76
Cytomx Therapeuti…

76
Danfoss Power Sol…

76
DMG Mori Seiki

76
Digilock Asia

76
Enkris Semiconduc…

76
Extang

76
DMF ◀

76

What this shows DMF holds 76 patents at rank #4,616, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DMF

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,616 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DMF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), DMF ranks #58 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Manitowoc Crane Companies, LLC 43 Zonar Systems, Inc. 43 Ondal Medical Systems GMBH 43 The 41st Parameter, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.7 here).

Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH 21.7 avg Soraa Laser Diode, Inc. 21.7 avg STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd. 21.7 avg Pixtronix, Inc. 21.7 avg

DMF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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DMF, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	1.3%
2017	2	2.6%
2018	5	6.6%
2019	9	11.8%
2020	16	21.1%
2021	15	19.7%
2022	13	17.1%
2023	6	7.9%
2024	3	3.9%
2025partial year	6	7.9%

Which technologies does DMF, Inc. patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 45

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 44

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 33

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 10

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 10

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

DMF, Inc.'s lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 59.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #4,617 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DMF, Inc. against Cricut, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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

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