Where does Zero Friction, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zero Friction, LLC ranks #12,321 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 Zero Friction, LLC hold?

Zero Friction, LLC holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Zero Friction, LLC's Innovation Score?

Zero Friction, LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.2 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zero Friction, LLC focus on?

Zero Friction, LLC's top technology area is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories) with 9 patents, ranking #45 of 582 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Zero Friction, LLC's recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Zero Friction, LLC's patents?

Zero Friction, LLC'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 Zero Friction, 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

Zero Friction, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zero ranks #12,321 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 4 technology areas.

#12,321
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.2/100): 5.4
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12321 · US Corporation #12,321 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,321/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eSight
CPC-NARROW A41D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eSight Corp. (±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 Zero’s 28.2 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 11.3 pts (40%) Velocity 6.7 pts (24%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 3.2 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brooks Sports · near

28
Celadon Systems · near

28
Cellresearch PTE · near

28
Tung Hing Plastic… · near

28
Zero Friction · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zero's Innovation Score is 28.2/100 (26th percentile 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 Zero?

Each dot is one of Zero’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). Zero’s own 5.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Zero's grants concentrate

Zero Friction, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 36% of grants classified under A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Zero sits between Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology Co., Ltd. and iSEE Store Innovations, LLC.

Zero's three-year grant acceleration

Zero Friction, LLC shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Zhejiang Jiecang…

25
Zora Biosciences…

25
ZPE Systems

25
Zendesk

25
Zipline Medical

25
Zodiac Seats Fran…

25
esight

25
isee Store Innova…

25
Zero Friction ◀

25

What this shows Zero holds 25 patents at rank #12,320, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zero

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,320 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41D (Outerwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zero, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A41D (Outerwear), Zero ranks #45 of 582 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Tung Hing Plastic Manufactory Limited 28 Brooks Sports, Inc. 28 Celadon Systems, Inc. 28 Cellresearch Corporation PTE. Ltd. 28

Zero's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zero Friction, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	8.0%
2019	8	32.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	2	8.0%
2022	3	12.0%
2023	7	28.0%
2024	1	4.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Zero Friction, LLC patent most?

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 9

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 9

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 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Zero Friction, LLC's lead technology class is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories), 36% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41D
Ranked #12,321 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zero Friction, LLC against Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.2/100 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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