Where does Dropbox, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dropbox, Inc. ranks #407 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 Dropbox, Inc. hold?

Dropbox, Inc. holds 1,102 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Dropbox, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dropbox, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dropbox, Inc. focus on?

Dropbox, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 899 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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

Dropbox, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Dropbox, Inc.'s patents?

Dropbox, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Dropbox, 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

Dropbox, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,102 granted patents across 19 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dropbox ranks #407 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,102 patents across 19 technology areas.

#407
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (55.9/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R407 · US Corporation #407 · 1,102 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #407/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Target Brands
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Target Brands, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dropbox · this assignee

56
Glory · near

56
Xiamen Pvtech · near

56
Joseph Voegele · near

56
Sanko Tekstil… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dropbox's Innovation Score is 55.9/100 (top 6% 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.

Where Dropbox's grants concentrate

Dropbox, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 81.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (150 grants) versus a trough of 46 in 2015. By volume, Dropbox sits between Marvell Asia PTE Ltd and Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc..

Dropbox's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Dropbox, Inc. moved from 424 to 284 grants (0.67x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,245. See the growth leaderboard.

Marvell Asia PTE

1,108
Synaptics Incorpo…

1,107
Japan Aviation In…

1,104
Elwha

1,103
Target Brands

1,102
Dropbox ◀

1,102
Boston Scientific…

1,098
Thomson Licensing

1,095
Advanced Semicond…

1,092

What this shows Dropbox holds 1,102 patents at rank #407, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dropbox

By rank, the assignees closest to #407 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dropbox, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Glory Ltd. 56 Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. 56 Joseph Voegele AG 56 Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Knowles Electronics, LLC 19.6 avg Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. 19.6 avg Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. 19.6 avg Strong Force TP Portfolio 2022, LLC 19.6 avg

Dropbox's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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.

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Dropbox, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	46	4.2%
2016	82	7.4%
2017	99	9.0%
2018	112	10.2%
2019	150	13.6%
2020	148	13.4%
2021	126	11.4%
2022	99	9.0%
2023	90	8.2%
2024	95	8.6%
2025partial year	55	5.0%

Which technologies does Dropbox, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 899

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 682

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 175

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 40

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 39

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 34

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 34

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 31

H04M - Telephonic Communication 9

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 7

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#407

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Dropbox, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 81.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #407 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dropbox, Inc. against Marvell Asia PTE Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.9/100 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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