Where does Zkteco USA LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zkteco USA LLC ranks #34,008 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 Zkteco USA LLC hold?

Zkteco USA LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Zkteco USA LLC's Innovation Score?

Zkteco USA LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zkteco USA LLC focus on?

Zkteco USA LLC's top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 7 patents, ranking #1,215 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zkteco USA LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Zkteco USA LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Zkteco USA LLC's patents?

Zkteco USA LLC's patents average 13.6 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 Zkteco USA LLC 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

Zkteco USA LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zkteco ranks #34,008 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 12 technology areas.

#34,008
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34008 · US Corporation #34,008 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #34,008/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zhuhai Enpower…
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zhuhai Enpower Electric 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 Zkteco’s 48.0 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 7.6 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 12.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zkteco USA · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zkteco's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 Zkteco?

Each dot is one of Zkteco’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). Zkteco’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Zkteco's grants concentrate

Zkteco USA LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Zkteco sits between Zhuhai Enpower Electric Co., Ltd. and Zyvex Labs, LLC.

Zkteco's three-year grant acceleration

Zkteco USA LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Zhuhai Enpower El…

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Zipstring

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Zipwhip

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Zoran (France)

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Zumex Group

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ZUP

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Zyvex Labs

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8

What this shows Zkteco holds 8 patents at rank #33,974, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zkteco

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,974 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Zkteco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zkteco USA LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	25.0%
2022	2	25.0%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Zkteco USA LLC patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

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

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 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

Zkteco USA LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zkteco USA LLC's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #34,008 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zkteco USA LLC against Zhuhai Enpower Electric Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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