Where does Zocdoc, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zocdoc, Inc. ranks #23,728 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 Zocdoc, Inc. hold?

Zocdoc, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Zocdoc, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zocdoc, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zocdoc, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zocdoc, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +350% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zocdoc, Inc.'s patents?

Zocdoc, Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 Zocdoc, 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

Zocdoc, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Zocdoc, Inc. focus on?

Zocdoc, Inc.'s top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 12 patents, ranking #408 of 3,149 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 2017–2025. 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zocdoc ranks #23,728 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 3 technology areas.

#23,728
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: +350%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23728 · US Corporation #23,728 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,728/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eLstar Dynamics…
CPC-NARROW G16H · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +350% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eLstar Dynamics Patents B.V. (±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 Zocdoc’s 37.7 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 (24%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zocdoc · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zocdoc's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Zocdoc?

Each dot is one of Zocdoc’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). Zocdoc’s own 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zocdoc's grants concentrate

Zocdoc, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Zocdoc sits between ZTE Canada Inc. and fReal! Foods, LLC.

Zocdoc's three-year grant acceleration

Zocdoc, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

ZTE Canada

12
Zentera Systems

12
Zeus Industrial P…

12
Ziehm Imaging

12
Zwift

12
elumigen

12
elstar Dynamics P…

12
freal! Foods

12
Zocdoc ◀

12

What this shows Zocdoc holds 12 patents at rank #23,718, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zocdoc

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,718 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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

Zocdoc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zocdoc, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	2	16.7%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Zocdoc, Inc. patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 12

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 9

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Zocdoc, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zocdoc, Inc.'s lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #23,728 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zocdoc, Inc. against ZTE Canada Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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