Where does ZF Active Safety US Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZF Active Safety US Inc. ranks #3,901 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 ZF Active Safety US Inc. hold?

ZF Active Safety US Inc. holds 93 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is ZF Active Safety US Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ZF Active Safety US Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.8 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ZF Active Safety US Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ZF Active Safety US Inc..

What does claim depth mean for ZF Active Safety US Inc.'s patents?

ZF Active Safety US Inc.'s patents average 14.2 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 ZF Active Safety US 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

ZF Active Safety US Inc.

Q: What technology areas does ZF Active Safety US Inc. focus on?

ZF Active Safety US Inc.'s top technology area is B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes) with 75 patents, ranking #22 of 539 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 93 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZF ranks #3,901 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 93 patents across 19 technology areas.

#3,901
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.8/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3901 · US Corporation #3,901 · 93 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 93 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,901/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenyang Neusoft…
CPC-FOCUS B60T · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenyang Neusoft Medical Systems 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 ZF’s 53.8 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 15.7 pts (29%) Velocity 14.2 pts (26%) Breadth 15.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Faurecia Automotive… · near

54
Instituto Mexicano… · near

54
Samsung Life Public… · near

54
Yandex Europe · near

54
ZF Active Safety US · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZF's Innovation Score is 53.8/100 (top 8% 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 ZF?

Each dot is one of ZF’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). ZF’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where ZF's grants concentrate

ZF Active Safety US Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 80.6% of grants classified under B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (28 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2020. By volume, ZF sits between Shenyang Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. and Afiniti, Ltd..

ZF's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ZF Active Safety US Inc. moved from 24 to 51 grants (2.13x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Shenyang Neusoft…

93
Sloan Kettering I…

93
Sonion Nederland…

93
Youngo

93
ZF Active Safety… ◀

93
ABB

92
Aliphcom

92
Anheuser-busch In…

92
Afiniti

92

What this shows ZF holds 93 patents at rank #3,901, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZF

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,901 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ZF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof), ZF ranks #22 of 539 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation 54 Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo 54 Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC 54 Yandex Europe AG 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.2 here).

BioVentures, LLC 14.2 avg Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH 14.2 avg Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile 14.2 avg Generac Power Systems, Inc. 14.2 avg

ZF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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ZF Active Safety US Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	6	6.5%
2021	18	19.4%
2022	12	12.9%
2023	11	11.8%
2024	28	30.1%
2025partial year	18	19.4%

Which technologies does ZF Active Safety US Inc. patent most?

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 75

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 37

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 8

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

F16H - Gearing 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

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 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

B01D - Separation 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 15 of 19 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

ZF Active Safety US Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZF Active Safety US Inc.'s lead technology class is B60T (Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted MO), 80.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60T
Ranked #3,901 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZF Active Safety US Inc. against Shenyang Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.8/100 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

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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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