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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ranks #1,030 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 Video Communications, Inc. hold?

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. holds 425 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

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

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 69.3 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 308 patents, ranking #141 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +7700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Zoom Video 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 Video Communications, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 425 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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 #1,030 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 425 patents across 23 technology areas.

#1,030
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.3/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +7700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1030 · US Corporation #1,030 · 425 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 425 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,030/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hitachi Chemical
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 23 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +7700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi Chemical Company, 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 Zoom’s 69.3 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 20.9 pts (30%) Velocity 20.0 pts (29%) Breadth 17.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hyundai Transys · near

69
Hewlett Packard… · near

69
Zoom Video Communica… · this assignee

69
Korea Advanced… · near

69
Continental Automotive · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zoom's Innovation Score is 69.3/100 (top 1% 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 Zoom?

Each dot is one of Zoom’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). Zoom’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zoom's grants concentrate

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 72.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (216 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Zoom sits between University OF South Carolina and Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd..

Zoom's three-year grant acceleration

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. shows 380 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

University OF Sou…

427
Gracenote

426
Hitachi Chemical

425
NOK

425
Zoom Video Commun… ◀

425
Iowa State Univer…

424
SRI International

424
Isuzu Motors

423
Fu Tai Hua Indust…

422

What this shows Zoom holds 425 patents at rank #1,030, 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 #1,030 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). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Zoom ranks #141 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Korea Advanced Institute OF Science AND Technology 69 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 69 Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH 69 Hyundai Transys Inc. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Uatc, LLC 19.1 avg Electronic Arts Inc. 19.1 avg BlackBerry Limited 19.1 avg Infineon Technologies AG 19.1 avg

Zoom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zoom Video Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.2%
2017	1	0.2%
2019	3	0.7%
2020	3	0.7%
2021	7	1.6%
2022	42	9.9%
2023	122	28.7%
2024	216	50.8%
2025partial year	30	7.1%

Which technologies does Zoom Video Communications, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 308

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 178

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 100

H04M - Telephonic Communication 80

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 57

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 37

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 35

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 27

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 24

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 17

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 16

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 5

H03G - Control OF Amplification 5

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 5

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 3

Top 15 of 23 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

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

Zoom Video Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 72.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,030 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zoom Video Communications, Inc. against University OF South Carolina, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.3/100 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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