Where does Avedis Zildjian Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Avedis Zildjian Co. ranks #38,975 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 Avedis Zildjian Co. hold?

Avedis Zildjian Co. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Avedis Zildjian Co.'s Innovation Score?

Avedis Zildjian Co. has an Innovation Score of 25.3 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Avedis Zildjian Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Avedis Zildjian Co.'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 Avedis Zildjian Co.'s patents?

Avedis Zildjian Co.'s patents average 16.5 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 Avedis Zildjian Co. 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

Avedis Zildjian Co.

Q: What technology areas does Avedis Zildjian Co. focus on?

Avedis Zildjian Co.'s top technology area is G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #20 of 62 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise P).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Avedis ranks #38,975 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#38,975
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.3/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38975 · US Corporation #38,975 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,975/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Autoquip
CPC-NARROW G10D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Autoquip, 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 Avedis’s 25.3 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 6.7 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avedis Zildjian · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Avedis's Innovation Score is 25.3/100 (17th 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 Avedis?

Each dot is one of Avedis’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). Avedis’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Avedis's grants concentrate

Avedis Zildjian Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise P). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Avedis sits between Autoquip, Inc. and Avrio Genetics LLC.

Autoquip

6
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6
Avatar Integrated…

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6
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6
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Avedis Zildjian ◀

6

What this shows Avedis holds 6 patents at rank #38,989, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Avedis

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,989 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10D (Stringed Musical Instruments)

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

Avedis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Avedis Zildjian Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Avedis Zildjian Co. patent most?

G10D - Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 4

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G10G - Representation OF MUSIC; Recording Music IN Notation FORM; Accessories FOR Music OR Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Supports 1

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

Avedis Zildjian Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Avedis Zildjian Co.'s lead technology class is G10D (Stringed Musical INSTRUMENTS; Wind Musical INSTRUMENTS; Accordions OR CONCERTINAS; Percussion Musical INSTRUMENTS; Aeolian HARPS; Singing-flame Musical INSTRUMENTS; Musical Instruments NOT Otherwise P), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G10D
Ranked #38,975 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Avedis Zildjian Co. against Autoquip, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.3/100 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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