Where does Zierick Manufacturing Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zierick Manufacturing Corporation ranks #44,252 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 Zierick Manufacturing Corporation hold?

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's Innovation Score?

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation 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 Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's patents?

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's patents average 17.7 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 Zierick Manufacturing Corporation 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

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Zierick Manufacturing Corporation focus on?

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 6 patents, ranking #475 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zierick ranks #44,252 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,252
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.4/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44252 · US Corporation #44,252 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #44,252/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zhongke Jingyuan…
CPC-NARROW H01R · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zhongke Jingyuan Electron Limited, Beijing (CN) (±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 Zierick’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 6.7 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zierick Manufacturing · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zierick'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 Zierick?

Each dot is one of Zierick’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). Zierick’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zierick's grants concentrate

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Zierick sits between Zhongke Jingyuan Electron Limited, Beijing (CN) and Zoe Limited.

Zhongke Jingyuan…

6
Zhongshan Forever…

6
Zhuhai Sinco Inte…

6
Ziel Optics

6
Zimmer US

6
Ziva Dynamics

6
Zivo Bioscience

6
Zoe

6
Zierick Manufactu… ◀

6

What this shows Zierick holds 6 patents at rank #44,231, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zierick

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,231 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Zierick'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 · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Zierick Manufacturing Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	2	33.3%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Zierick Manufacturing Corporation patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

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

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Top 4 of 4 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

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zierick Manufacturing Corporation's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #44,252 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zierick Manufacturing Corporation against Zhongke Jingyuan Electron Limited, Beijing (CN), 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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