Where does ZeniMax Media Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZeniMax Media Inc. ranks #10,512 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 ZeniMax Media Inc. hold?

ZeniMax Media Inc. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is ZeniMax Media Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ZeniMax Media Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ZeniMax Media Inc. focus on?

ZeniMax Media Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 28 patents, ranking #607 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is ZeniMax Media Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ZeniMax Media Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ZeniMax Media Inc.'s patents?

ZeniMax Media Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 ZeniMax Media 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

ZeniMax Media Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 8 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zenimax ranks #10,512 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 8 technology areas.

#10,512
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10512 · US Corporation #10,512 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,512/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Whoop
CPC-NARROW H04N · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Whoop, 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 Zenimax’s 39.1 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 11.9 pts (30%) Velocity 6.2 pts (16%) Breadth 10.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Buck Institute FOR… · near

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Jiangmen Jinlong… · near

39
MLS ACQ · near

39
Tela Innovations · near

39
ZeniMax Media · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Zenimax's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Zenimax?

Each dot is one of Zenimax’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). Zenimax’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zenimax's grants concentrate

ZeniMax Media Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Zenimax sits between Whoop, Inc. and 4Tech Inc..

Zenimax's three-year grant acceleration

ZeniMax Media Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Whoop

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YPF TecnologÍA

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Zeus

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Zerofox

30
Zerto

30
Zircon

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Zenimax Media ◀

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4tech

29

What this shows ZeniMax holds 30 patents at rank #10,513, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZeniMax

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,513 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ZeniMax, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), ZeniMax ranks #607 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

MLS ACQ, Inc. 39 Buck Institute FOR Research ON Aging 39 Tela Innovations, Inc. 39 Jiangmen Jinlong High Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. 39

Zenimax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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ZeniMax Media Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.3%
2018	2	6.7%
2019	5	16.7%
2020	7	23.3%
2021	1	3.3%
2022	8	26.7%
2023	3	10.0%
2024	1	3.3%
2025partial year	2	6.7%

Which technologies does ZeniMax Media Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 28

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 17

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

F16H - Gearing 5

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 5

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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 2

Top 8 of 8 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

ZeniMax Media Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZeniMax Media Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #10,512 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZeniMax Media Inc. against Whoop, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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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