Where does DPG USA Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DPG USA Inc. ranks #9,484 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 DPG USA Inc. hold?

DPG USA Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is DPG USA Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DPG USA Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DPG USA Inc. focus on?

DPG USA Inc.'s top technology area is D05B (Sewing) with 8 patents, ranking #19 of 83 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is DPG USA Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DPG USA Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 DPG USA Inc.'s patents?

DPG USA Inc.'s patents average 6.9 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 DPG USA 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

DPG USA Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: D05B (Sewing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DPG ranks #9,484 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 18 technology areas.

#9,484
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9484 · US Corporation #9,484 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,484/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH David Austin Roses
CPC-FOCUS D05B · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: David Austin Roses Limited (±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 DPG’s 38.8 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 12.2 pts (31%) Velocity 7.5 pts (19%) Breadth 15.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
4D Pharma Research · near

39
Aerie Pharmaceuticals · near

39
DPG USA · this assignee

39
Oy Halton Group · near

39
Webroot · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DPG's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 DPG?

Each dot is one of DPG’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). DPG’s own 6.9 claims/patent is at or below the 11.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where DPG's grants concentrate

DPG USA Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 24.2% of grants classified under D05B (Sewing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, DPG sits between David Austin Roses Limited and Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG.

DPG's three-year grant acceleration

DPG USA Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

David Austin Roses

33
DE Nora Permelec

33
Dicon Fiberoptics

33
Douyin Vision

33
Drum Workshop

33
E-lead

33
East China Jiaoto…

33
Eaton Electrical…

33
DPG USA ◀

33

What this shows DPG holds 33 patents at rank #9,484, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DPG

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,484 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D05B (Sewing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DPG, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D05B (Sewing), DPG ranks #19 of 83 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 39 4D Pharma Research Limited 39 Oy Halton Group Ltd. 39 Webroot Inc. 39

DPG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

DPG USA Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.1%
2016	1	3.0%
2017	4	12.1%
2018	6	18.2%
2019	5	15.2%
2020	1	3.0%
2021	2	6.1%
2022	1	3.0%
2023	4	12.1%
2024	4	12.1%
2025partial year	3	9.1%

Which technologies does DPG USA Inc. patent most?

D05B - Sewing 8

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 2

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 18 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

DPG USA Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DPG USA Inc.'s lead technology class is D05B (Sewing), 24.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D05B
Ranked #9,484 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DPG USA Inc. against David Austin Roses Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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.