Where does ZF CV Systems Global GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZF CV Systems Global GmbH ranks #5,995 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 Global GmbH hold?

ZF CV Systems Global GmbH holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is ZF CV Systems Global GmbH's Innovation Score?

ZF CV Systems Global GmbH has an Innovation Score of 66.8 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 Global GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ZF CV Systems Global GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for ZF CV Systems Global GmbH's patents?

ZF CV Systems Global GmbH's patents average 18.3 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 Global 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 CV Systems Global GmbH

Q: What technology areas does ZF CV Systems Global GmbH focus on?

ZF CV Systems Global GmbH'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 26 patents, ranking #46 of 539 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 38 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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 #5,995 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 38 technology areas.

#5,995
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.8/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5995 · Foreign Corporation #5,995 · 57 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,995/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eLux
CPC-FOCUS B60T · 38 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eLux, Inc. (±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 66.8 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 14.0 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 21.8 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smith & Nephew Asia… · near

67
United Microelectron… · near

67
Allstate Insurance · near

67
Oliver Crispin… · near

67
ZF CV Systems Global · this assignee

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZF's Innovation Score is 66.8/100 (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 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 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 CV Systems Global GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 45.6% 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 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, ZF sits between Universitat Bern and eMoMo Technology Co., Ltd..

ZF's three-year grant acceleration

ZF CV Systems Global GmbH shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Universitat Bern

57
Vernalis (R&D)

57
Visible World

57
Wargaming net

57
Zhejiang Hisun Ph…

57
Zymergen

57
elux

57
emomo Technology

57
ZF CV Systems Glo… ◀

57

What this shows ZF holds 57 patents at rank #5,993, 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 #5,993 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 #46 of 539 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited 67 Allstate Insurance Company 67 Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited 67 United Microelectronics Corp. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Ndsu Research Foundation 18.3 avg Banner Engineering Corp. 18.3 avg Imperial College Innovations Ltd 18.3 avg Creo Medical Limited 18.3 avg

ZF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 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 · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ZF CV Systems Global GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	3.5%
2023	6	10.5%
2024	16	28.1%
2025partial year	33	57.9%

Which technologies does ZF CV Systems Global GmbH 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 26

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 12

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 11

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

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 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 4

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

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 3

F16H - Gearing 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

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

Top 15 of 38 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 Global GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZF CV Systems Global GmbH'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), 45.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60T
Ranked #5,995 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZF CV Systems Global GmbH against Universitat Bern, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.8/100 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

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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