Where does Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. ranks #5,832 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 Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. hold?

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. focus on?

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 14 patents, ranking #2,788 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s patents average 16.4 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 Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dongbu ranks #5,832 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 19 technology areas.

#5,832
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5832 · Foreign Corporation #5,832 · 58 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,832/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Compagnie Gervais…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Compagnie Gervais Danone (±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 Dongbu’s 39.3 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 14.1 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ADC Czech Republic… · near

39
Dongbu HiTek · this assignee

39
Neurometrix · near

39
Oceus Networks · near

39
Thinkspan · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dongbu's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 38% 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 Dongbu?

Each dot is one of Dongbu’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). Dongbu’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dongbu's grants concentrate

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 24.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (26 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2018. By volume, Dongbu sits between Compagnie Gervais Danone and Engineered Controls International, LLC.

Compagnie Gervais…

58
Conagen

58
Contec

58
Dfine

58
Duquesne Universi…

58
Em-tech

58
Echostar UK Holdi…

58
Engineered Contro…

58
Dongbu Hitek ◀

58

What this shows Dongbu holds 58 patents at rank #5,832, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dongbu

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,832 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dongbu, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Dongbu ranks #2,788 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Neurometrix, Inc. 39 Oceus Networks, LLC 39 ADC Czech Republic s.r.o. 39 Thinkspan, LLC 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

Hexcel Corporation 16.4 avg Yara International ASA 16.4 avg Telecom Italia S.p.A. 16.4 avg SK hynix Inc. 16.4 avg

Dongbu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	26	44.8%
2016	16	27.6%
2017	9	15.5%
2018	7	12.1%

Which technologies does Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 10

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 8

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

H03K - Pulse Technique 5

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 5

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

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

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

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

G11C - Static Stores 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

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 24.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,832 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. against Compagnie Gervais Danone, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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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