Where does Ziehl-abegg SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ziehl-abegg SE ranks #7,102 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 Ziehl-abegg SE hold?

Ziehl-abegg SE holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Ziehl-abegg SE's Innovation Score?

Ziehl-abegg SE has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ziehl-abegg SE focus on?

Ziehl-abegg SE's top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 27 patents, ranking #78 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ziehl-abegg SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ziehl-abegg SE's recent grant velocity is +1267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ziehl-abegg SE's patents?

Ziehl-abegg SE's patents average 15.1 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 Ziehl-abegg SE 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

Ziehl-abegg SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 25 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ziehl-abegg ranks #7,102 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 25 technology areas.

#7,102
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +1267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7102 · Foreign Corporation #7,102 · 47 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,102/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH inVia Robotics
CPC-FOCUS F04D · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: inVia Robotics, 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 Ziehl-abegg’s 54.5 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 13.4 pts (25%) Velocity 14.4 pts (26%) Breadth 17.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CompoSecure · near

55
General Motors · near

55
Celgene · near

54
Communications Test… · near

54
Ziehl-abegg SE · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ziehl-abegg's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (top 8% 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 Ziehl-abegg?

Each dot is one of Ziehl-abegg’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). Ziehl-abegg’s own 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ziehl-abegg's grants concentrate

Ziehl-abegg SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 57.4% of grants classified under F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Ziehl-abegg sits between Vehicle Service Group, LLC and A.U. Vista, Inc..

Ziehl-abegg's three-year grant acceleration

Ziehl-abegg SE shows 28 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Vehicle Service G…

47
Viewray

47
Yazaki North Amer…

47
Zenuity AB

47
Zhejiang Hengfeng…

47
Zimmer Biomet CMF…

47
invia Robotics

47
Ziehl-abegg SE ◀

47
A U Vista

46

What this shows Ziehl-abegg holds 47 patents at rank #7,100, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ziehl-abegg

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,100 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ziehl-abegg's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ziehl-abegg, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), Ziehl-abegg ranks #78 of 1,034 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Communications Test Design, Inc. 54 Celgene Corporation 54 CompoSecure, LLC 55 General Motors LLC 55

Ziehl-abegg's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Ziehl-abegg SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.1%
2017	1	2.1%
2018	1	2.1%
2020	5	10.6%
2021	8	17.0%
2022	8	17.0%
2023	10	21.3%
2024	10	21.3%
2025partial year	3	6.4%

Which technologies does Ziehl-abegg SE patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 27

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 20

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 11

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 5

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Ziehl-abegg SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ziehl-abegg SE's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 57.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #7,102 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ziehl-abegg SE against Vehicle Service Group, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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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