Where does Drone-Control, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Drone-Control, LLC ranks #46,293 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 Drone-Control, LLC hold?

Drone-Control, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Drone-Control, LLC's Innovation Score?

Drone-Control, LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Drone-Control, LLC focus on?

Drone-Control, LLC's top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 5 patents, ranking #591 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Drone-Control, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Drone-Control, LLC's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Drone-Control, LLC's patents?

Drone-Control, LLC's patents average 23.0 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 Drone-Control, LLC 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

Drone-Control, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Drone-control ranks #46,293 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#46,293
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46293 · US Corporation #46,293 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,293/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dreadnought
CPC-NARROW G05D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dreadnought, 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 Drone-control’s 36.7 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Albany Medical College · near

37
Drone-Control · this assignee

37
FK Irons · near

37
Livedo · near

37
Nevada Nanotech… · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Drone-control's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Drone-control?

Each dot is one of Drone-control’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). Drone-control’s own 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 20.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Drone-control's grants concentrate

Drone-Control, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables). By volume, Drone-control sits between DrSignal BioTechnology Co., Ltd. and Dryft Board LLC.

Drone-control's three-year grant acceleration

Drone-Control, LLC shows 2 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.

Drsignal Biotechn…

5
Dreadnought

5
Driploc

5
Drone Traffic

5
Droneshield

5
Drut

5
Druva PTE

5
Dryft Board

5
Drone-control ◀

5

What this shows Drone-Control holds 5 patents at rank #46,332, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Drone-Control

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,332 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Drone-Control's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Drone-Control, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), Drone-Control ranks #591 of 2,515 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Albany Medical College 37 FK Irons Inc. 37 Livedo Corporation 37 Nevada Nanotech Systems Inc. 37

Drone-control's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Drone-Control, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Drone-Control, LLC patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 5

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 4

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 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

Drone-Control, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Drone-Control, LLC's lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #46,293 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Drone-Control, LLC against DrSignal BioTechnology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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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