Where does The Dial Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Dial Corporation ranks #11,471 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 The Dial Corporation hold?

The Dial Corporation holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is The Dial Corporation's Innovation Score?

The Dial Corporation has an Innovation Score of 31.0 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Dial Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Dial Corporation'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 The Dial Corporation's patents?

The Dial Corporation's patents average 8.2 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 The Dial Corporation 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

The Dial Corporation

Q: What technology areas does The Dial Corporation focus on?

The Dial Corporation's top technology area is C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol) with 7 patents, ranking #76 of 397 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #11,471 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 17 technology areas.

#11,471
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.0/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11471 · US Corporation #11,471 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,471/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thales Holdings UK
CPC-FOCUS C11D · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thales Holdings UK Plc (±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 The’s 31.0 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 11.5 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (47%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
D3D · near

31
dbest products · near

31
Ariat International · near

31
The Dial · this assignee

31
Lucyd · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 31.0/100 (36th 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 8.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Dial Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 25.9% of grants classified under C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (13 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, The sits between Thales Holdings UK Plc and Tokai Optical Co., Ltd..

Thales Holdings UK

27
The AES

27
The Boppy

27
The Boston Consul…

27
The Hillshire Bra…

27
Therapearl

27
Thermo Electron L…

27
Tokai Optical

27
The Dial ◀

27

What this shows The holds 27 patents at rank #11,483, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,483 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C11D (Detergent Compositions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C11D (Detergent Compositions), The ranks #76 of 397 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Ariat International, Inc. 31 D3D Technologies, Inc. 31 dbest products, Inc. 31 Lucyd Ltd. 31

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Dial Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	33.3%
2016	13	48.1%
2017	5	18.5%

Which technologies does The Dial Corporation patent most?

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 7

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 2

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 17 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

The Dial Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Dial Corporation's lead technology class is C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol), 25.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C11D
Ranked #11,471 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Dial Corporation against Thales Holdings UK Plc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.0/100 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

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