Where does Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH ranks #27,918 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 Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH hold?

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's Innovation Score?

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's patents?

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's patents average 13.1 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 Zoller & FRÖHLICH 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

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH focus on?

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zoller ranks #27,918 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#27,918
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27918 · Foreign Corporation #27,918 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,918/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zhuhai Juntian…
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zhuhai Juntian Electronic Technology 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zoller & FRÖHLICH · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zoller's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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.

Where Zoller's grants concentrate

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Zoller sits between Zhuhai Juntian Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. and Zynon Technologies, LLC.

Zoller's three-year grant acceleration

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 Juntian Te…

10
Zilltek Technolog…

10
Zinwave

10
Zodiac Aerosafety…

10
ZTE (TX)

10
ZYA

10
Zycada Networks

10
Zynon

10
Zoller & FRÖHlich ◀

10

What this shows Zoller holds 10 patents at rank #27,888, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zoller

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,888 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Zoller's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	20.0%
2021	3	30.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

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

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

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

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,918

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #27,918 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zoller & FRÖHLICH GMBH against Zhuhai Juntian Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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