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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc. ranks #16,741 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 Technologies, Inc. hold?

Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 14 technology areas.

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

Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.9 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 Technologies, 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 Technologies, Inc.

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

Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #137 of 943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dominion ranks #16,741 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,741
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16741 · US Corporation #16,741 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,741/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dishcraft Robotics
CPC-FOCUS Y04S · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dishcraft Robotics, 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 34.9 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 (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dominion Energy · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dominion's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th 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 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 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.4 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 Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 52.9% of grants classified under Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Dominion sits between Dishcraft Robotics, Inc. and E-Circuit Motors, Inc..

Dishcraft Robotics

17
Dodge Industrial

17
Dolby Video Compr…

17
Domantis

17
Dongguan Haohong…

17
Dongguan Poweramp…

17
Dynabook

17
E-circuit Motors

17
Dominion Energy ◀

17

What this shows Dominion holds 17 patents at rank #16,749, 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 #16,749 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network…)

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

Dominion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	4	23.5%
2018	4	23.5%
2019	3	17.6%
2020	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc. patent most?

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 9

H04B - Transmission 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 3

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 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 14 of 14 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 Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y04S (Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR ), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y04S
Ranked #16,741 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dominion Energy Technologies, Inc. against Dishcraft Robotics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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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