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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Drew Technologies, Inc. ranks #17,616 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 Drew Technologies, Inc. hold?

Drew Technologies, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Drew Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Drew Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.7 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Drew Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Drew Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Drew Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 13.1 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 Drew 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

Drew Technologies, Inc.

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

Drew Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 8 patents, ranking #254 of 1,508 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 8 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: G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Drew ranks #17,616 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 8 technology areas.

#17,616
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.7/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17616 · US Corporation #17,616 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,616/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dongguan Littelfuse
CPC-NARROW G07C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Company 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 Drew’s 27.7 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 9.8 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Drew · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Drew's Innovation Score is 27.7/100 (24th 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 Drew?

Each dot is one of Drew’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). Drew’s own 13.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Drew's grants concentrate

Drew Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Drew sits between Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Company Limited and Dürr Somac GmbH.

Dongguan Littelfu…

16
Dongwoon Anatech

16
Dose Medical

16
Dr Fresh

16
Dräger Medical

16
Dugan Patents

16
Dynamic Network S…

16
Dürr Somac

16
Drew ◀

16

What this shows Drew holds 16 patents at rank #17,618, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Drew

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,618 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07C (Time OR Attendance Registers)

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

Drew's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% 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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Drew Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Drew Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

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

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Drew Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G07C (Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FO), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07C
Ranked #17,616 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Drew Technologies, Inc. against Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.7/100 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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