Where does Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. ranks #19,590 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 Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. hold?

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s Innovation Score?

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. has an Innovation Score of 22.3 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s patents?

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s patents average 5.8 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 Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. 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 Foreign Corporation

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.

Q: What technology areas does Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. focus on?

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 10 patents, ranking #53 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ceska ranks #19,590 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 3 technology areas.

#19,590
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.3/100): 5.8
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19590 · Foreign Corporation #19,590 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,590/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caterpillar Global…
CPC-NARROW F41A · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caterpillar Global Mining America LLC (±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 Ceska’s 22.3 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 9.4 pts (42%) Velocity 3.3 pts (15%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 3.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ceska Zbrojovka a s · this assignee

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What this shows Ceska's Innovation Score is 22.3/100 (10th 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 Ceska?

Each dot is one of Ceska’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). Ceska’s own 5.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ceska's grants concentrate

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ceska sits between Caterpillar Global Mining America LLC and Chengdu Sicore Semiconductor Corp. Ltd..

Ceska's three-year grant acceleration

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Caterpillar Globa…

14
Cavnue Technology

14
Cellares

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Cerenis Therapeut…

14
Changzhou Tronly…

14
Channell Commerci…

14
Chaparral Boats

14
Chengdu Sicore Se…

14
Ceska Zbrojovka a… ◀

14

What this shows Ceska holds 14 patents at rank #19,615, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ceska

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,615 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Ceska's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2018	2	14.3%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	1	7.1%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 10

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 1

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ceska Zbrojovka a.s.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #19,590 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ceska Zbrojovka a.s. against Caterpillar Global Mining America LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.3/100 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

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