Where does ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. ranks #4,408 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 ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. hold?

ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. holds 81 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.2 out of 100 (top 3% 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 Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. focus on?

ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 81 patents, ranking #63 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

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

What does claim depth mean for ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.'s patents?

ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Passive Safety Systems, 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 Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 81 granted patents across 17 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 #4,408 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 81 patents across 17 technology areas.

#4,408
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.2/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4408 · US Corporation #4,408 · 81 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 81 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,408/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH e-Vision Smart Optics
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 17 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: e-Vision Smart Optics, 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 61.2 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 15.2 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 14.6 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CA · near

61
ZF Passive Safety… · this assignee

61
Chongqing BOE… · near

61
CureVac SE · near

61
Trumpf Werkzeugmasch… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZF's Innovation Score is 61.2/100 (top 3% 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 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 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 Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (24 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2021. By volume, ZF sits between VÄLINGE Innovation AB and Blue Cube IP LLC.

ZF's three-year grant acceleration

ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. shows 67 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

VÄLinge Innovatio…

81
Workiva

81
Warn Industries

81
Yura

81
e-vision Smart Op…

81
ZF Passive Safety… ◀

81
100% Speedlab

80
Avnera

80
Blue Cube IP

80

What this shows ZF holds 81 patents at rank #4,407, 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 #4,407 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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 B60R (Vehicles), ZF ranks #63 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

CA, Inc. 61 CureVac SE 61 Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 61 Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

Unity IPR ApS 18.9 avg Reno Technologies, Inc. 18.9 avg Trumpf Laser GMBH 18.9 avg Navix International Limited 18.9 avg

ZF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	9	11.1%
2022	23	28.4%
2023	24	29.6%
2024	20	24.7%
2025partial year	5	6.2%

Which technologies does ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 81

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 4

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 1

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 1

Top 15 of 17 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 Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #4,408 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. against VÄLINGE Innovation AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.2/100 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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