Where does Driving Management Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Driving Management Systems, Inc. ranks #19,685 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 Driving Management Systems, Inc. hold?

Driving Management Systems, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Driving Management Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Driving Management Systems, Inc. focus on?

Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 11 patents, ranking #1,244 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 Driving Management Systems, 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

Driving Management Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Driving ranks #19,685 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,685
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19685 · US Corporation #19,685 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,685/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dana Italia SPA
CPC-NARROW H04W · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dana Italia SPA (±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 Driving’s 43.1 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 (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (31%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Driving's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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 Driving?

Each dot is one of Driving’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). Driving’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Driving's grants concentrate

Driving Management Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Driving sits between Dongguan NVT Technology Limited and DataCore Software Corporation.

Driving's three-year grant acceleration

Driving Management Systems, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Dongguan NVT Tech…

14
Dongguan YIH TEH…

14
Douglas Pharmaceu…

14
Dover Bmcs Acquis…

14
Dropsa S p A

14
Duquesne Universi…

14
Dana Italia SPA

14
Datacore Software

14
Driving Managemen… ◀

14

What this shows Driving holds 14 patents at rank #19,663, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Driving

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,663 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Driving's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Driving Management Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	21.4%
2017	4	28.6%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	1	7.1%
2024	4	28.6%

Which technologies does Driving Management Systems, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 6

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 5

H04B - Transmission 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

Top 9 of 9 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

Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Driving Management Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #19,685 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Driving Management Systems, Inc. against Dongguan NVT Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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

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