Dropworks, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Dropworks ranks #26,158 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 4 technology areas.
- #26,158
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 30%
- by Innovation Score (42.7/100)
- 23.4
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R26158 · US Corporation #26,158 · 10 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
- MID-PACK #26,158/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH DR Hahn & KG
- CPC-NARROW B01L · 4 areas
- INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: DR. Hahn GMBH & Co. KG (±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 Dropworks’s 42.7 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Dropworks
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Dropworks · this assignee
Dropworks · this assignee
43 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Dropworks's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Dropworks?
Each dot is one of Dropworks’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). Dropworks’s own 23.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Dropworks's grants concentrate
Dropworks, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Dropworks sits between DR. Hahn GMBH & Co. KG and Drvision Technologies LLC.
Dropworks's three-year grant acceleration
Dropworks, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.
Who files at Dropworks's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- DR Hahn & KG
DR. Hahn GMBH & Co. KG
10 patents
- DRB Industrial
DRB Industrial Co., Ltd.
10 patents
- Drma Group Intern…
Drma Group International LLC
10 patents
- Dromont S p A
Dromont S.p.A.
10 patents
- DRS Power & Contr…
DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc.
10 patents
- DRS Sustainment S…
DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.
10 patents
- Drug Plastics & G…
Drug Plastics & Glass Company, Inc.
10 patents
- Drvision
Drvision Technologies LLC
10 patents
- Dropworks ◀
Dropworks, Inc.
10 patents
What this shows Dropworks holds 10 patents at rank #26,120, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Dropworks
By rank, the assignees closest to #26,120 in granted patent volume.
- DR. Hahn GMBH & Co. KG #26,116 · 10 patents
- DRB Industrial Co., Ltd. #26,117 · 10 patents
- Drma Group International LLC #26,118 · 10 patents
- Dromont S.p.A. #26,119 · 10 patents
- DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc. #26,121 · 10 patents
- DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. #26,122 · 10 patents
- Drug Plastics & Glass Company, Inc. #26,123 · 10 patents
- Drvision Technologies LLC #26,124 · 10 patents
Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Dropworks's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 239 in class
- Illumina, Inc. 232 in class
- Becton, Dickinson and Company 193 in class
- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. 174 in class
- President and Fellows of Harvard College 165 in class
- Life Technologies Corporation 158 in class
- Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. 141 in class
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. 119 in class
Dropworks's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 30.0% |
| 2022 | 4 | 40.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 10.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 10.0% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 10.0% |
Which technologies does Dropworks, Inc. patent most?
Top 4 of 4 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Dropworks, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Dropworks, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
- Ranked #26,158 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Dropworks, Inc. against DR. Hahn GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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.
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