Where does Dot Hill Systems Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dot Hill Systems Corporation ranks #19,679 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 Dot Hill Systems Corporation hold?

Dot Hill Systems Corporation holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Dot Hill Systems Corporation's Innovation Score?

Dot Hill Systems Corporation has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dot Hill Systems Corporation focus on?

Dot Hill Systems Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 12 patents, ranking #3,141 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dot Hill Systems Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dot Hill Systems Corporation'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 Dot Hill Systems Corporation's patents?

Dot Hill Systems Corporation's patents average 19.1 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 Dot Hill Systems Corporation 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

Dot Hill Systems Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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, Dot ranks #19,679 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 7 technology areas.

#19,679
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19679 · US Corporation #19,679 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,679/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Document Storage…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Document Storage Systems, 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 Dot’s 30.1 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 9.4 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dot Hill Systems · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dot's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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 Dot?

Each dot is one of Dot’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). Dot’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dot's grants concentrate

Dot Hill Systems Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Dot sits between Document Storage Systems, Inc. and Dynamic Material Systems LLC.

Document Storage…

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14
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14

What this shows Dot holds 14 patents at rank #19,685, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dot

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,685 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Dot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Dot Hill Systems Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	71.4%
2016	2	14.3%
2017	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Dot Hill Systems Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Dot Hill Systems Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dot Hill Systems Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #19,679 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dot Hill Systems Corporation against Document Storage Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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.