Where does ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH ranks #17,378 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 Automotive Safety Germany GMBH hold?

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH's Innovation Score?

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH has an Innovation Score of 53.4 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%).

What technology areas does ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH focus on?

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH's top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 15 patents, ranking #261 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH's patents?

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH's patents average 19.4 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 ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH 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 Foreign Corporation

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZF ranks #17,378 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,378
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.4/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17378 · Foreign Corporation #17,378 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,378/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Yield Microelectronics
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Yield Microelectronics 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 ZF’s 53.4 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 10.0 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 11.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ZF Automotive… · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZF's Innovation Score is 53.4/100 (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 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 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ZF's grants concentrate

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, ZF sits between YIH Cheng Factory Co., Ltd. and Zhuzhou Crrc Times Electric Co., Ltd..

ZF's three-year grant acceleration

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH shows 14 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.

YIH Cheng Factory

17
Yield Microelectr…

17
Yutaka Giken

17
Zeroplus Technolo…

17
Zhejiang Aiko Sol…

17
Zhejiang Jianshen…

17
Zhuhai Sailner 3D…

17
Zhuzhou Crrc Time…

17
ZF Automotive Saf… ◀

17

What this shows ZF holds 17 patents at rank #17,374, 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 #17,374 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

ZF'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 · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	5.9%
2022	5	29.4%
2023	5	29.4%
2024	4	23.5%
2025partial year	2	11.8%

Which technologies does ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 11

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F16H - Gearing 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Automotive Safety Germany GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH's lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #17,378 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZF Automotive Safety Germany GMBH against YIH Cheng Factory Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.4/100 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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