Where does Dodge Industrial Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dodge Industrial Inc. ranks #16,738 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 Dodge Industrial Inc. hold?

Dodge Industrial Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Dodge Industrial Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dodge Industrial Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.1 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dodge Industrial Inc. focus on?

Dodge Industrial Inc.'s top technology area is F16N (Lubricating) with 5 patents, ranking #24 of 193 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dodge Industrial Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Dodge Industrial Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Dodge Industrial Inc.'s patents?

Dodge Industrial Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Dodge Industrial 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

Dodge Industrial Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: F16N (Lubricating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dodge ranks #16,738 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 12 technology areas.

#16,738
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16738 · US Corporation #16,738 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,738/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digital Signal
CPC-FOCUS F16N · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digital Signal Corporation (±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 Dodge’s 54.1 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 10.0 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 12.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dodge Industrial · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dodge's Innovation Score is 54.1/100 (top 8% 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 Dodge?

Each dot is one of Dodge’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). Dodge’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dodge's grants concentrate

Dodge Industrial Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 29.4% of grants classified under F16N (Lubricating). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Dodge sits between Digital Signal Corporation and Dongguan HaoHong Outdoor Products Technology Co., Ltd.

Dodge's three-year grant acceleration

Dodge Industrial Inc. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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Dodge Industrial ◀

17

What this shows Dodge holds 17 patents at rank #16,746, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dodge

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,746 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16N (Lubricating)

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

Dodge's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dodge Industrial Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	5	29.4%
2023	10	58.8%
2024	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Dodge Industrial Inc. patent most?

F16N - Lubricating 5

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 5

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Dodge Industrial Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dodge Industrial Inc.'s lead technology class is F16N (Lubricating), 29.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16N
Ranked #16,738 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dodge Industrial Inc. against Digital Signal Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.1/100 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.