Where does Zgtl LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zgtl LLC ranks #27,899 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 Zgtl LLC hold?

Zgtl LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Zgtl LLC's Innovation Score?

Zgtl LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.4 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zgtl LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zgtl LLC's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zgtl LLC's patents?

Zgtl LLC's patents average 11.1 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 Zgtl LLC 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

Zgtl LLC

Q: What technology areas does Zgtl LLC focus on?

Zgtl LLC's top technology area is A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring) with 6 patents, ranking #97 of 429 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zgtl ranks #27,899 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#27,899
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.4/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27899 · US Corporation #27,899 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,899/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zen-me Labs OY
CPC-NARROW A45D · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zen-me Labs OY (±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 Zgtl’s 24.4 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 8.3 pts (34%) Velocity 3.3 pts (14%) Breadth 6.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zgtl · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zgtl's Innovation Score is 24.4/100 (14th percentile 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 Zgtl?

Each dot is one of Zgtl’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). Zgtl’s own 11.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zgtl's grants concentrate

Zgtl LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Zgtl sits between Zen-me Labs OY and Zhengzhou Research Institute OF Mechanical Engineering Co., Ltd..

Zgtl's three-year grant acceleration

Zgtl LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Zen-me Labs OY

10
Zenith

10
Zephyrtel

10
Zetta Research AN…

10
Zhejiang Aerlang…

10
Zhejiang Dingli M…

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Zhejiang Jiuzhou…

10
Zhengzhou Researc…

10
Zgtl ◀

10

What this shows Zgtl holds 10 patents at rank #27,877, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zgtl

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,877 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment)

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

Zgtl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Zgtl LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	20.0%
2020	3	30.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Zgtl LLC patent most?

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 6

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 6

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 6

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Zgtl LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zgtl LLC's lead technology class is A45D (Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A45D
Ranked #27,899 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zgtl LLC against Zen-me Labs OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.4/100 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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