Where does THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation ranks #11,099 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 DUN & Bradstreet Corporation hold?

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's Innovation Score?

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation has an Innovation Score of 41.8 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation focus on?

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 21 patents, ranking #1,973 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's recent grant velocity is +55% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's patents?

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's patents average 18.3 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 DUN & Bradstreet 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 DUN & Bradstreet Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #11,099 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 6 technology areas.

#11,099
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.8/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11099 · US Corporation #11,099 · 28 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,099/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Synaffix B V
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Synaffix 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.

How THE’s 41.8 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 11.6 pts (28%) Velocity 10.5 pts (25%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ensyn Renewables · near

42
Location Labs · near

42
Lund · near

42
Steris · near

42
THE DUN & Bradstreet · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 41.8/100 (top 32% 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 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, THE sits between Synaffix B.V. and Trendsetter Engineering, Inc..

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation shows 11 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.

Synaffix B V

28
T RAD

28
Taiwan Liposome

28
TC Lab

28
Touchtype

28
Toyo INK

28
Toyota Tsusho

28
Trendsetter Engin…

28
THE DUN & Bradstr… ◀

28

What this shows THE holds 28 patents at rank #11,095, 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 #11,095 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), THE ranks #1,973 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Steris Corporation 42 Lund, Inc. 42 Ensyn Renewables, Inc. 42 Location Labs, Inc. 42

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 DUN & Bradstreet Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.7%
2016	5	17.9%
2018	2	7.1%
2019	1	3.6%
2020	4	14.3%
2021	2	7.1%
2022	6	21.4%
2023	2	7.1%
2024	3	10.7%

Which technologies does THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 21

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 21

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

Top 6 of 6 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 DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #11,099 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE DUN & Bradstreet Corporation against Synaffix B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.8/100 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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