Where does Zodiac Seats France rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zodiac Seats France ranks #12,324 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 Zodiac Seats France hold?

Zodiac Seats France holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Zodiac Seats France's Innovation Score?

Zodiac Seats France has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zodiac Seats France's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zodiac Seats France's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Zodiac Seats France's patents?

Zodiac Seats France's patents average 14.4 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 Zodiac Seats France 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

Zodiac Seats France

Q: What technology areas does Zodiac Seats France focus on?

Zodiac Seats France'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 24 patents, ranking #85 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Zodiac ranks #12,324 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 13 technology areas.

#12,324
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12324 · Foreign Corporation #12,324 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,324/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eSight
CPC-FOCUS B64D · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eSight Corp. (±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 Zodiac’s 32.6 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 11.3 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bromium · near

33
Hisense Ronshen… · near

33
Zodiac Seats France · this assignee

33
Axsun · near

33
Rapt IP · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zodiac's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 Zodiac?

Each dot is one of Zodiac’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). Zodiac’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Zodiac's grants concentrate

Zodiac Seats France is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 96% 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 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Zodiac sits between ZPE Systems, Inc. and siOPTICA GmbH.

ZPE Systems

25
Zendesk

25
Zero Friction

25
Zipline Medical

25
esight

25
isee Store Innova…

25
isentek

25
sioptica

25
Zodiac Seats Fran… ◀

25

What this shows Zodiac holds 25 patents at rank #12,322, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zodiac

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,322 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zodiac, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft), Zodiac ranks #85 of 799 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Hisense Ronshen (GUANGDONG) Refrigerator Co., Ltd. 33 Bromium, Inc. 33 Axsun Technologies, Inc. 33 Rapt IP Limited 33

Zodiac's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Zodiac Seats France patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	32.0%
2016	5	20.0%
2017	3	12.0%
2018	7	28.0%
2019	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Zodiac Seats France patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 24

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Zodiac Seats France's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zodiac Seats France'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), 96% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #12,324 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zodiac Seats France against ZPE Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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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