Where does Zeco, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zeco, LLC ranks #27,890 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 Zeco, LLC hold?

Zeco, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Zeco, LLC's Innovation Score?

Zeco, LLC has an Innovation Score of 53.9 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zeco, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zeco, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Zeco, LLC's patents?

Zeco, LLC's patents average 26.6 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 Zeco, LLC 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

Zeco, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Zeco, LLC focus on?

Zeco, LLC's top technology area is A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation) with 9 patents, ranking #122 of 1,053 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zeco ranks #27,890 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 9 technology areas.

#27,890
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.9/100): 26.6
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27890 · US Corporation #27,890 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,890/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zachary Alan Designs
CPC-NARROW A23V · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zachary Alan Designs 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 Zeco’s 53.9 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 8.3 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 10.6 pts (20%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zeco · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zeco's Innovation Score is 53.9/100 (top 8% 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 Zeco?

Each dot is one of Zeco’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). Zeco’s own 26.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zeco's grants concentrate

Zeco, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Zeco sits between Zachary Alan Designs LLC and Zetagen Therapeutics, Inc..

Zeco's three-year grant acceleration

Zeco, LLC shows 3 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.

Zachary Alan Desi…

10
Zahner Design Gro…

10
Zapgo

10
Zeality

10
Zedsen

10
Zenith Oilfield T…

10
Zenith Products

10
Zetagen Therapeut…

10
Zeco ◀

10

What this shows Zeco holds 10 patents at rank #27,897, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zeco

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,897 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods)

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

Zeco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Zeco, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2024	3	30.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Zeco, LLC patent most?

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 9

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 9

A22B - Slaughtering 3

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 3

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Zeco, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zeco, LLC's lead technology class is A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23V
Ranked #27,890 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zeco, LLC against Zachary Alan Designs LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.9/100 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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