Where does Zipline International Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zipline International Inc. ranks #10,832 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 Zipline International Inc. hold?

Zipline International Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Zipline International Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zipline International Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zipline International Inc. focus on?

Zipline International Inc.'s top technology area is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor) with 23 patents, ranking #41 of 545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zipline International Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zipline International Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zipline International Inc.'s patents?

Zipline International Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Zipline International Inc. 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

Zipline International Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zipline ranks #10,832 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,832
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10832 · US Corporation #10,832 · 29 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,832/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH e-AAM Driveline…
CPC-FOCUS B64U · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: e-AAM Driveline Systems AB (±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 Zipline’s 44.6 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 11.7 pts (26%) Velocity 8.3 pts (19%) Breadth 14.1 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Confluent · near

45
Firestone Building… · near

45
Integrity Implants · near

45
THE Watt Stopper · near

45
Zipline International · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zipline's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 Zipline?

Each dot is one of Zipline’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). Zipline’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zipline's grants concentrate

Zipline International Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 79.3% of grants classified under B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Zipline sits between Young Chang Chemical Co., Ltd and A.K. Stamping Company, Inc..

Zipline's three-year grant acceleration

Zipline International Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Young Chang Chemi…

29
Youmail

29
Zhejiang Cheng's…

29
ZMC Metal Coating

29
e-aam Driveline S…

29
Zipline Internati… ◀

29
17live Japan

28
6K

28
A K Stamping

28

What this shows Zipline holds 29 patents at rank #10,832, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zipline

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,832 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV])

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zipline, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]), Zipline ranks #41 of 545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Integrity Implants Inc. 45 THE Watt Stopper, Inc. 45 Firestone Building Products Company, LLC 45 Confluent, Inc. 45

Zipline's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zipline International Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	6.9%
2017	1	3.4%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	3	10.3%
2020	1	3.4%
2021	4	13.8%
2022	1	3.4%
2023	3	10.3%
2024	6	20.7%
2025partial year	5	17.2%

Which technologies does Zipline International Inc. patent most?

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 23

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 10

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 10

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 7

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 6

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 4

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Zipline International Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zipline International Inc.'s lead technology class is B64U (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor), 79.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64U
Ranked #10,832 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zipline International Inc. against Young Chang Chemical Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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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