Where does DS Global rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DS Global ranks #17,619 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 DS Global hold?

DS Global holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is DS Global's Innovation Score?

DS Global has an Innovation Score of 30.2 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 DS Global's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DS Global's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 DS Global's patents?

DS Global's patents average 8.0 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 DS Global 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 Foreign Corporation

DS Global

Q: What technology areas does DS Global focus on?

DS Global's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 9 patents, ranking #132 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DS ranks #17,619 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 13 technology areas.

#17,619
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17619 · Foreign Corporation #17,619 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,619/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DataWalk Spólka…
CPC-FOCUS B41J · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DataWalk Spólka Akcyjna (±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 DS’s 30.2 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 9.8 pts (32%) Velocity 2.9 pts (10%) Breadth 12.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DS Global · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DS's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (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 DS?

Each dot is one of DS’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). DS’s own 8.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where DS's grants concentrate

DS Global is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 56.3% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, DS sits between DNP Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. and De Ruiter Intellectual Property B.V..

DS's three-year grant acceleration

DS Global shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

DNP Fine Chemicals

16
Dockon

16
Dongguan Chuang L…

16
Driflower

16
DSS Pure Air

16
Datawalk Spólka A…

16
David Clark Incor…

16
De Ruiter Intelle…

16
DS Global ◀

16

What this shows DS holds 16 patents at rank #17,598, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DS

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,598 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

DS'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 · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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DS Global patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	12.5%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	3	18.8%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does DS Global patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

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 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 4

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

Top 13 of 13 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

DS Global's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DS Global's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 56.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #17,619 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DS Global against DNP Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.