Where does Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. ranks #46,273 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 Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. hold?

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.0 out of 100 (19th 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 Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. focus on?

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer) with 5 patents, ranking #267 of 933 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'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 Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 Doug Carson & Associates, 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

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 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: G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Doug ranks #46,273 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#46,273
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.0/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46273 · US Corporation #46,273 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,273/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dongguan Zheshi…
CPC-NARROW G11B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dongguan Zheshi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd (±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 Doug’s 26.0 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 6.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (49%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Bonsai AI · near

26
Diversified… · near

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Nanomedical… · near

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Trojan Leisure… · near

26
Doug Carson &… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Doug's Innovation Score is 26.0/100 (19th 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 Doug?

Each dot is one of Doug’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). Doug’s own 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Doug's grants concentrate

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Doug sits between Dongguan Zheshi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd and Dreadnought, Inc..

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5
Dorf Ketal Chemic…

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Dotproduct

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Douglas Technical

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What this shows Doug holds 5 patents at rank #46,325, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Doug

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,325 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Doug, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Re…), Doug ranks #267 of 933 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

Diversified Innovations Fund, Lllp 26 Bonsai AI, Inc. 26 Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc. 26 Trojan Leisure Products, LLC 26

Doug's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% 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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Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	3	60.0%

Which technologies does Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. patent most?

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 3

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Doug Carson & Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is G11B (Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11B
Ranked #46,273 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. against Dongguan Zheshi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.0/100 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.