Where does Zebra Technologies Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zebra Technologies Corporation ranks #521 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 Zebra Technologies Corporation hold?

Zebra Technologies Corporation holds 863 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 96 technology areas.

What is Zebra Technologies Corporation's Innovation Score?

Zebra Technologies Corporation has an Innovation Score of 70.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zebra Technologies Corporation focus on?

Zebra Technologies Corporation's top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 363 patents, ranking #10 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 96 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zebra Technologies Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zebra Technologies Corporation's recent grant velocity is +1353% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zebra Technologies Corporation's patents?

Zebra Technologies Corporation's patents average 17.0 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 Zebra Technologies Corporation 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

Zebra Technologies Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 863 granted patents across 96 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zebra ranks #521 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 863 patents across 96 technology areas.

#521
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.6/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +1353%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R521 · US Corporation #521 · 863 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 863 grants
TOP-DECILE #521/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Avago International…
CPC-WIDE G06K · 96 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1353% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited (±1 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 Zebra’s 70.6 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 23.4 pts (33%) Velocity 12.0 pts (17%) Breadth 25.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cytiva Sweden AB · near

71
Postech Research… · near

71
Safran Nacelles · near

71
Zebra · this assignee

71
Paypal · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zebra's Innovation Score is 70.6/100 (top 1% 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 Zebra?

Each dot is one of Zebra’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). Zebra’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Zebra's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Zebra Technologies Corporation received 654 grants versus 45 in 2015–2019 (+1353% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 174 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 45. Lead class G06K accounts for 42.1% of the portfolio across 96 subclasses. Volume neighbours: IFP Energies Nouvelles (#517) and Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (#525).

Zebra's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Zebra Technologies Corporation moved from 249 to 450 grants (1.81x 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 #265. See the growth leaderboard.

IFP Energies Nouv…

870
Rolls-royce North…

868
Daimler

866
Avago Internation…

864
Zebra ◀

863
Sharkninja Operat…

862
Coretronic

858
Lear

858
Cable Television…

857

What this shows Zebra holds 863 patents at rank #521, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zebra

By rank, the assignees closest to #521 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zebra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06K (Graphical Data Reading), Zebra ranks #10 of 1,953 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Safran Nacelles 71 Paypal, Inc. 71 Postech Research and Business Development Foundation 71 Cytiva Sweden AB 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

Valeo North America, Inc. 17.0 avg Kraton Polymers LLC 17.0 avg St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC 17.0 avg Formosa Plastics Corporation 17.0 avg

Zebra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Zebra Technologies Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	45	5.2%
2020	87	10.1%
2021	117	13.6%
2022	112	13.0%
2023	164	19.0%
2024	174	20.2%
2025partial year	164	19.0%

Which technologies does Zebra Technologies Corporation patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 363

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 147

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 131

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 105

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 98

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 91

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 84

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 74

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 50

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 47

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 37

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 33

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 28

H04B - Transmission 27

G01G - Weighing 25

Top 15 of 96 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

Zebra Technologies Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zebra Technologies Corporation's lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 42.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #521 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zebra Technologies Corporation against IFP Energies Nouvelles, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.6/100 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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