Where does Z124 rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Z124 ranks #1,622 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 Z124 hold?

Z124 holds 255 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Z124's Innovation Score?

Z124 has an Innovation Score of 49.8 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Z124 focus on?

Z124's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 247 patents, ranking #258 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Z124's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Z124's recent grant velocity is -73% 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 Z124's patents?

Z124's patents average 19.2 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 Z124 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

Z124

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 255 granted patents across 23 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Z124 ranks #1,622 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 255 patents across 23 technology areas.

#1,622
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.8/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1622 · Foreign Corporation #1,622 · 255 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 255 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,622/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Givaudan
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Givaudan SA (±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 Z124’s 49.8 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 19.2 pts (38%) Velocity 2.2 pts (4%) Breadth 17.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intex Marketing · near

50
BEN Gurion Universit… · near

50
Memjet Technology · near

50
Sakata Seed America · near

50
Z124 · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Z124's Innovation Score is 49.8/100 (top 14% 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 Z124?

Each dot is one of Z124’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). Z124’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Z124 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Z124's grants concentrate

Z124 is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 96.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (108 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2023. By volume, Z124 sits between Givaudan SA and E. Mishan & Sons, Inc..

Z124's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Z124 moved from 58 to 19 grants (0.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,968. See the growth leaderboard.

Givaudan

255
Memjet Technology

255
Merit Medical Sys…

255
Nanjing University

255
Z124 ◀

255
Mitsui Mining & S…

254
Shin-etsu Handotai

254
Aruba Networks

253
E Mishan & Sons

253

What this shows Z124 holds 255 patents at rank #1,622, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Z124

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,622 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Z124's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Z124, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Z124 ranks #258 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Memjet Technology Limited 50 BEN Gurion University OF THE Negev Research AND Development Authority 50 Sakata Seed America, Inc. 50 Intex Marketing Ltd. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Cox Communications, Inc. 19.2 avg Adeia Guides Inc. 19.2 avg The George Washington University 19.2 avg Marvell International Ltd. 19.2 avg

Z124's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Z124 patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	108	42.4%
2016	35	13.7%
2017	24	9.4%
2018	11	4.3%
2019	23	9.0%
2020	24	9.4%
2021	11	4.3%
2022	15	5.9%
2023	4	1.6%

Which technologies does Z124 patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 247

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 180

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 139

H04M - Telephonic Communication 102

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 88

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 85

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 83

H04B - Transmission 83

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 82

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 82

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 82

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 82

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 82

G06G - Analogue Computers 82

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 70

Top 15 of 23 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

Z124's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Z124's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 96.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,622 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Z124 against Givaudan SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.