Where does ZEV Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZEV Technologies, LLC ranks #14,408 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 ZEV Technologies, LLC hold?

ZEV Technologies, LLC holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is ZEV Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

ZEV Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ZEV Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ZEV Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 ZEV Technologies, LLC's patents?

ZEV Technologies, LLC's patents average 15.1 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 ZEV Technologies, 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

ZEV Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does ZEV Technologies, LLC focus on?

ZEV Technologies, LLC's top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 12 patents, ranking #43 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 3 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZEV ranks #14,408 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 3 technology areas.

#14,408
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14408 · US Corporation #14,408 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,408/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ZAF Energy Systems…
CPC-NARROW F41A · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated (±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 ZEV’s 26.9 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 10.7 pts (40%) Velocity 1.1 pts (4%) Breadth 6.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ZEV · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZEV's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 ZEV?

Each dot is one of ZEV’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). ZEV’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ZEV's grants concentrate

ZEV Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, ZEV sits between ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated and ZestFinance, Inc..

ZEV's three-year grant acceleration

ZEV Technologies, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

ZAF Energy System…

21
Zanini Auto Grup

21
Zeavision

21
Zenseact AB

21
Zhejiang Ocean Un…

21
Zobele ESPAÑA

21
Zapata Computing

21
Zestfinance

21
ZEV ◀

21

What this shows ZEV holds 21 patents at rank #14,404, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZEV

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,404 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

ZEV's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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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ZEV Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2016	4	19.0%
2017	5	23.8%
2018	3	14.3%
2019	3	14.3%
2020	2	9.5%
2021	1	4.8%
2022	1	4.8%
2025partial year	1	4.8%

Which technologies does ZEV Technologies, LLC patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 12

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 6

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 3

Top 3 of 3 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

ZEV Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZEV Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #14,408 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZEV Technologies, LLC against ZAF Energy Systems, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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

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