Where does C&D Zodiac, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), C&D Zodiac, Inc. ranks #4,757 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 C&D Zodiac, Inc. hold?

C&D Zodiac, Inc. holds 73 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

C&D Zodiac, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -74% 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 C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s patents?

C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s patents average 13.4 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 C&D Zodiac, 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

C&D Zodiac, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does C&D Zodiac, Inc. focus on?

C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 54 patents. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 73 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, C&d ranks #4,757 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 73 patents across 34 technology areas.

#4,757
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4757 · US Corporation #4,757 · 73 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 73 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,757/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Actelion Pharmaceuti…
CPC-FOCUS B64D · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -74% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (±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
Real Value · near

44
Beijing BOE Chatani · near

44
C&D Zodiac · this assignee

44
Keygene · near

44
Suse · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows C&d's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 C&d's grants concentrate

C&D Zodiac, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 74% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, C&d sits between Aware, Inc. and Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC.

C&d's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, C&D Zodiac, Inc. moved from 23 to 1 grants (0.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Aware

73
Actelion Pharmace…

73
Blancpain

73
Bitsight

73
C & E Fein

73
Canon Denshi

73
Causam Energy

73
Caterpillar Globa…

73
C&D Zodiac ◀

73

What this shows C&D holds 73 patents at rank #4,753, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near C&D

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,753 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in C&D's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Keygene N.V. 44 Beijing BOE Chatani Electronics Co., Ltd. 44 Suse LLC 44 Real Value LLC 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS 13.4 avg Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 13.4 avg Chang Chun Plastics Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg TRW Limited 13.4 avg

C&d's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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C&D Zodiac, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	16.4%
2016	11	15.1%
2017	9	12.3%
2018	17	23.3%
2019	9	12.3%
2020	12	16.4%
2021	2	2.7%
2023	1	1.4%

Which technologies does C&D Zodiac, Inc. patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 54

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 21

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 15

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 14

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 10

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 7

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 7

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 5

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 3

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 3

Top 15 of 34 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,757

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.8 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

C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

C&D Zodiac, Inc.'s lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 74% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #4,757 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare C&D Zodiac, Inc. against Aware, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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

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