Where does DZS Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DZS Inc. ranks #31,470 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 DZS Inc. hold?

DZS Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is DZS Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DZS Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DZS Inc. focus on?

DZS Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 5 patents, ranking #2,256 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is DZS Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DZS Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for DZS Inc.'s patents?

DZS Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 DZS 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

DZS Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DZS ranks #31,470 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 16 technology areas.

#31,470
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31470 · US Corporation #31,470 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,470/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dabney Patents L L C
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dabney Patents, L.L.C. (±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 DZS’s 52.2 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 7.6 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 14.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DZS · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DZS's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 DZS?

Each dot is one of DZS’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). DZS’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where DZS's grants concentrate

DZS Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, DZS sits between Dymax Corporation and Danfoss Mobile Electrification Oy.

DZS's three-year grant acceleration

DZS Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Dymax

8
Dynamic AIR

8
Dynamic Magnetics

8
Dynepic Sports

8
Dabney Patents L…

8
Daio Engineering

8
Dakine IP Holdings

8
Danfoss Mobile El…

8
DZS ◀

8

What this shows DZS holds 8 patents at rank #31,424, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DZS

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,424 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

DZS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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DZS Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2022	2	25.0%
2023	2	25.0%
2024	3	37.5%

Which technologies does DZS Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H04B - Transmission 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 1

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 1

D05C - EMBROIDERING; Tufting 1

D04B - Knitting 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

Top 15 of 16 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

DZS Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DZS Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #31,470 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DZS Inc. against Dymax Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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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