Where does ZF CV Systems Europe BV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZF CV Systems Europe BV ranks #2,204 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 CV Systems Europe BV hold?

ZF CV Systems Europe BV holds 179 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 62 technology areas.

What is ZF CV Systems Europe BV's Innovation Score?

ZF CV Systems Europe BV has an Innovation Score of 73.3 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ZF CV Systems Europe BV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ZF CV Systems Europe BV.

What does claim depth mean for ZF CV Systems Europe BV's patents?

ZF CV Systems Europe BV's patents average 17.3 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 CV Systems Europe BV 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 CV Systems Europe BV

Q: What technology areas does ZF CV Systems Europe BV focus on?

ZF CV Systems Europe BV'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 100 patents, ranking #13 of 539 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 62 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 179 granted patents across 62 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: 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 #2,204 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 179 patents across 62 technology areas.

#2,204
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (73.3/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2204 · Foreign Corporation #2,204 · 179 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 179 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,204/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kureha
CPC-WIDE B60T · 62 areas
INNOV-STRONG 73.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kureha Corporation (±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 73.3 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 17.9 pts (24%) Velocity 20.0 pts (27%) Breadth 25.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Oracle International · near

73
SK hynix · near

73
Beijing Bytedance… · near

73
L3Harris · near

73
ZF CV Systems… · this assignee

73
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZF's Innovation Score is 73.3/100 (top 1% 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 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 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.

How ZF's grant cadence moved

Grant history spans 2021–2025. Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 56 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 25. Lead class B60T accounts for 55.9% of the portfolio across 62 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kureha Corporation (#2,200) and Guangdong University OF Technology (#2,208).

ZF's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ZF CV Systems Europe BV moved from 25 to 125 grants (5.00x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #28. See the growth leaderboard.

Kureha

179
Synaptive Medical…

179
Stanley Black & D…

179
The University of…

179
ZF CV Systems Eur… ◀

179
Brain

178
Campagnolo S R L

178
First Solar

178
Guangdong Univers…

178

What this shows ZF holds 179 patents at rank #2,204, 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 #2,204 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 #13 of 539 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 73 Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. 73 SK hynix Inc. 73 Oracle International Corporation 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Darfon Electronics Corp. 17.3 avg WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC 17.3 avg Hunter Industries, Inc. 17.3 avg ICU Medical, Inc. 17.3 avg

ZF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 CV Systems Europe BV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	25	14.0%
2022	35	19.6%
2023	34	19.0%
2024	56	31.3%
2025partial year	29	16.2%

Which technologies does ZF CV Systems Europe BV 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 100

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 28

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 23

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 20

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 16

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 14

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 10

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 8

B60D - Vehicle Connections 7

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 5

Top 15 of 62 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 CV Systems Europe BV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZF CV Systems Europe BV'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), 55.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60T
Ranked #2,204 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZF CV Systems Europe BV against Kureha Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 73.3/100 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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