Where does Zero Motorcycles, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zero Motorcycles, Inc. ranks #22,073 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 Motorcycles, Inc. hold?

Zero Motorcycles, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Zero Motorcycles, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zero Motorcycles, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.0 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zero Motorcycles, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zero Motorcycles, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Motorcycles, Inc.'s patents?

Zero Motorcycles, Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 Motorcycles, 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

Zero Motorcycles, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Zero Motorcycles, Inc. focus on?

Zero Motorcycles, Inc.'s top technology area is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy) with 3 patents, ranking #1,261 of 3,143 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 14 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: H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zero ranks #22,073 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 14 technology areas.

#22,073
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.0/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22073 · US Corporation #22,073 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #22,073/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Youlchon Chemical
CPC-FOCUS H02J · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Youlchon Chemical Co., Ltd. (±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 53.0 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 9.1 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 13.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zero Motorcycles · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zero's Innovation Score is 53.0/100 (top 9% 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 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zero's grants concentrate

Zero Motorcycles, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 23.1% of grants classified under H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Zero sits between Youlchon Chemical Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Quhua Fluor-chemistry Co., Ltd..

Zero's three-year grant acceleration

Zero Motorcycles, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Youlchon Chemical

13
Yubico AB

13
Z-medica

13
Zaxcom

13
Zhangyue Technolo…

13
Zhejiang FLY CUP

13
Zhejiang Hengyi P…

13
Zhejiang Quhua Fl…

13
Zero Motorcycles ◀

13

What this shows Zero holds 13 patents at rank #22,067, 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 #22,067 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distribu…)

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

Zero's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Zero Motorcycles, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2024	4	30.8%
2025partial year	4	30.8%

Which technologies does Zero Motorcycles, Inc. patent most?

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 1

Top 14 of 14 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 Motorcycles, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zero Motorcycles, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy), 23.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02J
Ranked #22,073 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zero Motorcycles, Inc. against Youlchon Chemical Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.0/100 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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