Where does Dominion Energy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dominion Energy, Inc. ranks #11,625 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 Dominion Energy, Inc. hold?

Dominion Energy, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Dominion Energy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dominion Energy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.3 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dominion Energy, Inc. focus on?

Dominion Energy, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 21 patents, ranking #694 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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

Dominion Energy, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Dominion Energy, Inc.'s patents average 30.1 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 Dominion Energy, 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

Dominion Energy, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dominion ranks #11,625 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 19 technology areas.

#11,625
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 30.1
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11625 · US Corporation #11,625 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,625/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DarkVision
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DarkVision Technologies 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 Dominion’s 47.3 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 11.4 pts (24%) Velocity 5.5 pts (12%) Breadth 15.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guehring KG · near

47
Dominion Energy · this assignee

47
Glycomimetics · near

47
Invidi · near

47
SK Planet · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dominion's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (top 19% 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 Dominion?

Each dot is one of Dominion’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). Dominion’s own 30.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dominion's grants concentrate

Dominion Energy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 80.8% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Dominion sits between Dell International L.L.C. and Davol Inc..

Dominion's three-year grant acceleration

Dominion Energy, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Dell Internationa…

26
Demerx

26
DMK Deutsches Mil…

26
DNF

26
Dorma Deutschland

26
DOT Incorporation

26
Darkvision

26
Davol

26
Dominion Energy ◀

26

What this shows Dominion holds 26 patents at rank #11,621, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dominion

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,621 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dominion, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Dominion ranks #694 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Glycomimetics, Inc. 47 Invidi Technologies Corporation 47 SK Planet Co., Ltd. 47 Guehring KG 47

Dominion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Dominion Energy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	7.7%
2018	2	7.7%
2019	4	15.4%
2020	5	19.2%
2021	2	7.7%
2022	3	11.5%
2023	4	15.4%
2024	2	7.7%
2025partial year	2	7.7%

Which technologies does Dominion Energy, Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 21

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 21

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 18

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 17

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 13

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 12

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

B25C - Hand-held Nailing OR Stapling TOOLS; Manually Operated Portable Stapling Tools 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Dominion Energy, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 80.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #11,625 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dominion Energy, Inc. against Dell International L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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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