Where does Performance Drone Works LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Performance Drone Works LLC ranks #19,016 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 Performance Drone Works LLC hold?

Performance Drone Works LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Performance Drone Works LLC's Innovation Score?

Performance Drone Works LLC has an Innovation Score of 58.0 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Performance Drone Works LLC focus on?

Performance Drone Works LLC's top technology area is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor) with 13 patents, ranking #63 of 545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Performance Drone Works LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Performance Drone Works LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Performance Drone Works LLC's patents?

Performance Drone Works LLC's patents average 18.5 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 Performance Drone Works 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

Performance Drone Works LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 24 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: B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Performance ranks #19,016 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 24 technology areas.

#19,016
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.0/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19016 · US Corporation #19,016 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,016/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PathogenDx
CPC-FOCUS B64U · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PathogenDx, 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 Performance’s 58.0 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 9.6 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 17.3 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Performance Drone… · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Performance's Innovation Score is 58.0/100 (top 5% 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 Performance?

Each dot is one of Performance’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). Performance’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Performance's grants concentrate

Performance Drone Works LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Performance sits between PathogenDx, Inc. and Phillips Medical, LLC.

Performance's three-year grant acceleration

Performance Drone Works LLC shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Pathogendx

15
Pathway Innovatio…

15
Pathy Medical

15
Peel

15
Perkinelmer Singa…

15
Peterson Manufact…

15
Pfp Industries

15
Phillips Medical

15
Performance Drone… ◀

15

What this shows Performance holds 15 patents at rank #19,027, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Performance

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,027 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV])

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

Performance's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Performance Drone Works LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	6.7%
2022	9	60.0%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	3	20.0%

Which technologies does Performance Drone Works LLC patent most?

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 13

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 7

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 5

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

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

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Performance Drone Works LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Performance Drone Works LLC's lead technology class is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64U
Ranked #19,016 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Performance Drone Works LLC against PathogenDx, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.0/100 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.