Where does Drone Racing League, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Drone Racing League, Inc. ranks #21,030 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 Racing League, Inc. hold?

Drone Racing League, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Drone Racing League, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Drone Racing League, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.2 out of 100 (17th 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 Drone Racing League, Inc. focus on?

Drone Racing League, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 3 patents, ranking #2,924 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Drone Racing League, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Drone Racing League, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Drone Racing League, Inc.'s patents?

Drone Racing League, Inc.'s patents average 6.5 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 Racing League, 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

Drone Racing League, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Drone ranks #21,030 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#21,030
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.2/100): 6.5
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21030 · US Corporation #21,030 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,030/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dover Microsystems
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dover Microsystems, 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’s 25.2 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 9.1 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (48%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Drone Racing League · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Drone's Innovation Score is 25.2/100 (17th 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 Drone?

Each dot is one of Drone’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’s own 6.5 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.

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

Where Drone's grants concentrate

Drone Racing League, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 23.1% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Drone sits between Dover Microsystems, Inc. and Eastern Michigan University.

Dover Microsystems

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What this shows Drone holds 13 patents at rank #21,034, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Drone

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,034 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Drone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Drone Racing League, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	7.7%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	9	69.2%
2020	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Drone Racing League, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H04B - Transmission 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 1

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 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 1

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 1

Top 12 of 12 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 Racing League, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Drone Racing League, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 23.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #21,030 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Drone Racing League, Inc. against Dover Microsystems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.2/100 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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