Where does DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. ranks #26,160 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 Sustainment Systems, Inc. hold?

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s patents?

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Sustainment Systems, 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

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. focus on?

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General) with 3 patents, ranking #94 of 291 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DRS ranks #26,160 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 10 technology areas.

#26,160
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26160 · US Corporation #26,160 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,160/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Drma Group Internati…
CPC-FOCUS F41H · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Drma Group International LLC (±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 30.1 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 8.3 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DRS Sustainment… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DRS's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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 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 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 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 Sustainment Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, DRS sits between Drma Group International LLC and DST Innovations, Ltd..

Drma Group Intern…

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10
Dropworks

10
DRS Power & Contr…

10
Drug Plastics & G…

10
Drvision

10
DS Smith Plastics

10
DST Innovations

10
DRS Sustainment S… ◀

10

What this shows DRS holds 10 patents at rank #26,122, 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 #26,122 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41H (Armour)

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

DRS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

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 Sustainment Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	40.0%
2016	4	40.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%

Which technologies does DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. patent most?

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 3

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 10 of 10 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

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41H (ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41H
Ranked #26,160 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc. against Drma Group International LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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

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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

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