Where does Zhik Pty Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zhik Pty Ltd ranks #22,083 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 Zhik Pty Ltd hold?

Zhik Pty Ltd holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Zhik Pty Ltd's Innovation Score?

Zhik Pty Ltd has an Innovation Score of 44.2 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zhik Pty Ltd focus on?

Zhik Pty Ltd's top technology area is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories) with 10 patents, ranking #34 of 582 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zhik Pty Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zhik Pty Ltd's recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Zhik Pty Ltd's patents?

Zhik Pty Ltd's patents average 23.3 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 Zhik Pty Ltd 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

Zhik Pty Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zhik ranks #22,083 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#22,083
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.2/100): 23.3
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22083 · Foreign Corporation #22,083 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #22,083/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH argenx Bvba
CPC-FOCUS A41D · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: argenx Bvba (±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 Zhik’s 44.2 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 9.1 pts (21%) Velocity 8.9 pts (20%) Breadth 12.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zhik Pty · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zhik's Innovation Score is 44.2/100 (top 26% 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 Zhik?

Each dot is one of Zhik’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). Zhik’s own 23.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zhik's grants concentrate

Zhik Pty Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Zhik sits between Zambon S.P.A. and argenx Bvba.

Zhik's three-year grant acceleration

Zhik Pty Ltd shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Zambon S P A

13
Zetta

13
Zhejiang Huakang…

13
Zhejiang Kaiying…

13
Zhuhai Beihai Bio…

13
Zighra

13
Zoeller Pump

13
argenx Bvba

13
Zhik Pty ◀

13

What this shows Zhik holds 13 patents at rank #22,083, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zhik

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,083 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41D (Outerwear)

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

Zhik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Zhik Pty Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	3	23.1%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	2	15.4%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Zhik Pty Ltd patent most?

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 10

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 3

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 2

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 2

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Zhik Pty Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zhik Pty Ltd's lead technology class is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories), 76.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41D
Ranked #22,083 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zhik Pty Ltd against Zambon S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.2/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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