Where does ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated ranks #14,402 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 ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated hold?

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's patents?

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's patents average 11.2 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 ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated 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

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated focus on?

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 20 patents, ranking #322 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZAF ranks #14,402 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 3 technology areas.

#14,402
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14402 · US Corporation #14,402 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,402/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Xtralis
CPC-NARROW H01M · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Xtralis Technologies, 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.

How ZAF’s 31.7 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 10.7 pts (34%) Velocity 8.1 pts (26%) Breadth 6.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ZAF Energy Systems… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZAF's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 ZAF?

Each dot is one of ZAF’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). ZAF’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ZAF's grants concentrate

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 95.2% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, ZAF sits between Xtralis Technologies, Ltd. and ZEV Technologies, LLC.

ZAF's three-year grant acceleration

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Xtralis

21
Xylem IP Holdings

21
Yeda Research & D…

21
Yotta Innovation

21
Zanini Auto Grup

21
Zeavision

21
Zenseact AB

21
ZEV

21
ZAF Energy System… ◀

21

What this shows ZAF holds 21 patents at rank #14,400, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZAF

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,400 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

ZAF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2019	2	9.5%
2020	4	19.0%
2021	3	14.3%
2022	9	42.9%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	1	4.8%

Which technologies does ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 20

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

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

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 95.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #14,402 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated against Xtralis Technologies, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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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