Where does ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. ranks #7,224 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 Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. hold?

ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s Innovation Score?

ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. has an Innovation Score of 46.7 out of 100 (top 20% 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 Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. focus on?

ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 32 patents, ranking #111 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s patents?

ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s patents average 11.7 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 Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. 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 Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZF ranks #7,224 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 23 technology areas.

#7,224
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.7/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7224 · Foreign Corporation #7,224 · 46 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,224/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH i-PRO
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: i-PRO 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 46.7 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 13.3 pts (28%) Velocity 9.4 pts (20%) Breadth 17.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Japan Cash Machine · near

47
Allnex Belgium · near

47
Decathlon · near

47
Navitas Semiconductor · near

47
ZF Wind Power… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZF's Innovation Score is 46.7/100 (top 20% 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 11.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 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 Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 69.6% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, ZF sits between Worldwide Creations, LLC and i-PRO Co., Ltd..

ZF's three-year grant acceleration

ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Worldwide Creatio…

46
Worldwise

46
Xandr

46
Yamashita Rubber

46
Zhejiang Sanhua I…

46
Zainar

46
Zeltiq Aesthetics

46
i-pro

46
ZF Wind Power Ant… ◀

46

What this shows ZF holds 46 patents at rank #7,221, 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 #7,221 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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 F16H (Gearing), ZF ranks #111 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Allnex Belgium S.A. 47 Navitas Semiconductor Limited 47 Decathlon 47 Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd. 47

ZF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	6.5%
2016	2	4.3%
2017	3	6.5%
2018	3	6.5%
2019	4	8.7%
2020	1	2.2%
2021	7	15.2%
2022	6	13.0%
2023	4	8.7%
2024	7	15.2%
2025partial year	6	13.0%

Which technologies does ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. patent most?

F16H - Gearing 32

F03D - Wind Motors 30

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 28

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 25

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 10

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 5

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

F16N - Lubricating 4

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 15 of 23 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 Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.'s lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 69.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #7,224 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. against Worldwide Creations, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.7/100 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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