Where does DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC ranks #5,275 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 DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC hold?

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.4 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC focus on?

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 34 patents, ranking #514 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's patents?

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's patents average 17.1 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 DRS Network & Imaging Systems, 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

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 27 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DRS ranks #5,275 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 27 technology areas.

#5,275
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5275 · US Corporation #5,275 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,275/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cigna Intellectual…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cigna Intellectual Property, 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 DRS’s 50.4 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 14.5 pts (29%) Velocity 7.3 pts (14%) Breadth 18.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DRS Network &… · this assignee

50
Itron Global Sarl · near

50
SKF Aerospace France S · near

50
CTS · near

50
University of Macau · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DRS's Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 DRS?

Each dot is one of DRS’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). DRS’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where DRS's grants concentrate

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 52.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, DRS sits between Croda International PLC and Energy Recovery, Inc..

DRS's three-year grant acceleration

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Croda Internation…

65
Cigna Intellectua…

65
Comfort Research

65
Cupp Computing AS

65
Darex

65
Deciphera Pharmac…

65
Elite Semiconduct…

65
Energy Recovery

65
DRS Network & Ima… ◀

65

What this shows DRS holds 65 patents at rank #5,273, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DRS

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,273 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DRS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), DRS ranks #514 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Itron Global Sarl 50 SKF Aerospace France S.A.S 50 University of Macau 50 CTS Corporation 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Hussmann Corporation 17.1 avg Bizerba SE & Co. KG 17.1 avg Thales Avionics, Inc. 17.1 avg LANDIS+GYR Innovations, Inc. 17.1 avg

DRS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	7.7%
2016	11	16.9%
2017	11	16.9%
2018	12	18.5%
2019	4	6.2%
2020	5	7.7%
2021	2	3.1%
2022	2	3.1%
2023	5	7.7%
2024	5	7.7%
2025partial year	3	4.6%

Which technologies does DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 34

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 19

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 12

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 10

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 5

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 4

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

Top 15 of 27 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 52.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,275 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC against Croda International PLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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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