Where does Zoom Communications, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zoom Communications, Inc. ranks #2,480 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 Zoom Communications, Inc. hold?

Zoom Communications, Inc. holds 158 US utility patents granted between 2025 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Zoom Communications, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zoom Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Zoom Communications, Inc..

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

Zoom Communications, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Zoom Communications, 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

Zoom Communications, Inc.

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

Zoom Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 105 patents. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 158 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2025–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zoom ranks #2,480 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 158 patents across 17 technology areas.

#2,480
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2480 · US Corporation #2,480 · 158 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 158 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,480/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PlusAI
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2025–2025 · 1y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PlusAI, Inc. (±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
Affera · near

44
Henry Ford Health… · near

44
Zoom Communications · this assignee

44
American Megatrends… · near

44
Panavision Internati… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zoom's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Zoom's grants concentrate

Zoom Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 66.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). By volume, Zoom sits between PlusAI, Inc. and Icon Health & Fitness, Inc..

Plusai

158
Sleep Number

158
Tadano

158
Yungu (Gu'an) Tec…

158
Zoom Communicatio… ◀

158
2236008 Ontario

157
Astec Internation…

157
Deckers Outdoor

157
Icon Health & Fit…

157

What this shows Zoom holds 158 patents at rank #2,480, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zoom

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,480 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zoom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Henry Ford Health System 44 Affera, Inc. 44 American Megatrends International, LLC 44 Panavision International, L.P. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 19.6 avg Netronome Systems, Inc. 19.6 avg UAB 360 IT 19.6 avg Oath Inc. 19.6 avg

Zoom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2025–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zoom Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2025partial year	158	100.0%

Which technologies does Zoom Communications, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 105

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 58

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 54

H04M - Telephonic Communication 33

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 24

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

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 14

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

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

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

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 1

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 1

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,480

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.9 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

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

Zoom Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 66.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #2,480 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zoom Communications, Inc. against PlusAI, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.