Where does ZEDEL rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZEDEL ranks #2,136 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 ZEDEL hold?

ZEDEL holds 185 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is ZEDEL's Innovation Score?

ZEDEL has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ZEDEL focus on?

ZEDEL's top technology area is A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving) with 33 patents, ranking #9 of 266 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Is ZEDEL's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ZEDEL's recent grant velocity is -6% 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 ZEDEL's patents?

ZEDEL's patents average 5.4 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 ZEDEL 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

ZEDEL

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 185 granted patents across 42 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: A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zedel ranks #2,136 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 185 patents across 42 technology areas.

#2,136
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 5.4
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2136 · Foreign Corporation #2,136 · 185 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 185 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,136/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PerkinElmer Health…
CPC-WIDE A62B · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. (±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 Zedel’s 51.2 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 18.1 pts (35%) Velocity 7.0 pts (14%) Breadth 22.9 pts (45%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agfa-Gevaert · near

51
Dialight · near

51
Feit Electric · near

51
ThoughtSpot · near

51
ZEDEL · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zedel's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Zedel?

Each dot is one of Zedel’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). Zedel’s own 5.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Zedel's grants concentrate

ZEDEL is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 17.8% of grants classified under A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (23 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2021. By volume, Zedel sits between PETRÓLEO Brasileiro S.A.—PETROBRAS and ETH Zurich.

Zedel's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ZEDEL moved from 46 to 48 grants (1.04x 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 #1,076. See the growth leaderboard.

PETRÓLEO Brasilei…

185
Proterial

185
Perkinelmer Healt…

185
Raytheon BBN

185
Zedel ◀

185
Asics

184
Adtran

184
Dart Industries

184
ETH Zurich

184

What this shows ZEDEL holds 185 patents at rank #2,136, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZEDEL

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,136 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A62B (Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ZEDEL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A62B (Devices), ZEDEL ranks #9 of 266 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Feit Electric Company, Inc. 51 ThoughtSpot, Inc. 51 Agfa-Gevaert NV 51 Dialight Corporation 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (5.4 here).

All Plastic, Inc. 5.4 avg Group Dekko, Inc. 5.4 avg FDK Corporation 5.5 avg Gauthier Biomedical, Inc 5.5 avg

Zedel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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ZEDEL patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	11.4%
2016	23	12.4%
2017	11	5.9%
2018	14	7.6%
2019	15	8.1%
2020	21	11.4%
2021	10	5.4%
2022	13	7.0%
2023	18	9.7%
2024	17	9.2%
2025partial year	22	11.9%

Which technologies does ZEDEL patent most?

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 33

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 22

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 16

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 9

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 9

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 7

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 6

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 6

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 6

A63G - MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement 4

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 2

Top 15 of 42 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

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

ZEDEL's lead technology class is A62B (Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving), 17.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A62B
Ranked #2,136 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZEDEL against PETRÓLEO Brasileiro S.A.—PETROBRAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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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