Where does DT Swiss Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DT Swiss Inc. ranks #6,134 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 DT Swiss Inc. hold?

DT Swiss Inc. holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is DT Swiss Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DT Swiss Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DT Swiss Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DT Swiss Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 DT Swiss Inc.'s patents?

DT Swiss Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 DT Swiss 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

DT Swiss Inc.

Q: What technology areas does DT Swiss Inc. focus on?

DT Swiss Inc.'s top technology area is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion) with 32 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 24 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: B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DT ranks #6,134 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 24 technology areas.

#6,134
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6134 · US Corporation #6,134 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,134/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Covestro (Netherland…
CPC-FOCUS B60B · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Covestro (Netherlands) B.V. (±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
Buerkert Werke · near

47
Ariens · near

47
DT Swiss · this assignee

47
Energizer Brands · near

47
University OF Houston · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DT's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 DT's grants concentrate

DT Swiss Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 58.2% of grants classified under B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, DT sits between Covestro (Netherlands) B.V. and Eugene Technology Co., Ltd..

DT's three-year grant acceleration

DT Swiss Inc. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Covestro (Netherl…

55
Curevac SE

55
Custom Molded Pro…

55
Dental Imaging

55
Dyax

55
Elkay Manufacturi…

55
Enzo Life Sciences

55
Eugene Technology

55
DT Swiss ◀

55

What this shows DT holds 55 patents at rank #6,134, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DT

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,134 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60B (Vehicle Wheels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

University OF Houston 47 Ariens Company 47 Energizer Brands, LLC 47 Buerkert Werke GMBH 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. 18.1 avg DUO Security, Inc. 18.1 avg WD Media, LLC 18.1 avg Kathrein-werke KG 18.1 avg

DT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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DT Swiss Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	20.0%
2016	3	5.5%
2017	4	7.3%
2018	6	10.9%
2019	5	9.1%
2020	7	12.7%
2021	5	9.1%
2022	8	14.5%
2023	4	7.3%
2024	1	1.8%
2025partial year	1	1.8%

Which technologies does DT Swiss Inc. patent most?

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 32

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 22

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 14

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 12

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 11

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 8

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 6

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 2

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 2

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 1

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 1

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,134

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.2 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

DT Swiss Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DT Swiss Inc.'s lead technology class is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion), 58.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60B
Ranked #6,134 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DT Swiss Inc. against Covestro (Netherlands) B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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

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