Where does Zena Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zena Technologies, Inc. ranks #16,528 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 Zena Technologies, Inc. hold?

Zena Technologies, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Zena Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zena Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zena Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zena Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Zena Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Zena Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 27.9 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 Zena Technologies, Inc. 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

Zena Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Zena Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Zena Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation) with 17 patents, ranking #146 of 1,370 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zena ranks #16,528 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 15 technology areas.

#16,528
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 27.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16528 · US Corporation #16,528 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,528/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Yandex Self Driving…
CPC-FOCUS H10F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Yandex Self Driving Group 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 Zena’s 38.9 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 10.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Zena · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Zena's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 Zena?

Each dot is one of Zena’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). Zena’s own 27.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zena's grants concentrate

Zena Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 94.4% of grants classified under H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Zena sits between Yandex Self Driving Group LLC and Zurn Water, LLC.

Yandex Self Drivi…

18
Yanegijutsukenkyu…

18
Yiwu Ligao Techno…

18
Yujin Robot

18
Zhejiang Pride Le…

18
Zhejiang Twinsel…

18
Zhongshan Dashan…

18
Zurn Water

18
Zena ◀

18

What this shows Zena holds 18 patents at rank #16,524, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zena

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,524 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Rad…)

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

Zena's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Zena Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	27.8%
2016	11	61.1%
2017	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Zena Technologies, Inc. patent most?

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 17

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Zena Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zena Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation), 94.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10F
Ranked #16,528 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zena Technologies, Inc. against Yandex Self Driving Group LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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