Where does ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH ranks #23,726 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 ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH hold?

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH's Innovation Score?

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH has an Innovation Score of 42.5 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH's patents?

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH's patents average 12.5 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 ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH 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

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH

Q: What technology areas does ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH focus on?

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH's top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 12 patents, ranking #128 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZIM ranks #23,726 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 3 technology areas.

#23,726
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.5/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23726 · Foreign Corporation #23,726 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,726/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zhangzhou GO WIN…
CPC-NARROW B64D · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zhangzhou GO WIN Lighting 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 ZIM’s 42.5 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 8.9 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 6.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ZIM Aircraft Seating · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZIM's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 ZIM?

Each dot is one of ZIM’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). ZIM’s own 12.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ZIM's grants concentrate

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, ZIM sits between Zhangzhou GO WIN Lighting Co., Ltd and ZTE Canada Inc..

ZIM's three-year grant acceleration

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Zhangzhou GO WIN…

12
Zhejiang Ausun Ph…

12
Zhejiang Haoda Sc…

12
Zilltek Technology

12
Zkteco

12
Zoom

12
Zoomessence

12
ZTE Canada

12
ZIM Aircraft Seat… ◀

12

What this shows ZIM holds 12 patents at rank #23,710, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZIM

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,710 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

ZIM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	8.3%
2023	5	41.7%
2024	6	50.0%

Which technologies does ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 12

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5

Top 3 of 3 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

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH's lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #23,726 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZIM Aircraft Seating GMBH against Zhangzhou GO WIN Lighting Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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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