Where does ZPE Licensing Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZPE Licensing Inc. ranks #15,075 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 ZPE Licensing Inc. hold?

ZPE Licensing Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is ZPE Licensing Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ZPE Licensing Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ZPE Licensing Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ZPE Licensing Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +140% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ZPE Licensing Inc.'s patents?

ZPE Licensing Inc.'s patents average 14.1 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 ZPE Licensing 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

ZPE Licensing Inc.

Q: What technology areas does ZPE Licensing Inc. focus on?

ZPE Licensing Inc.'s top technology area is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam) with 12 patents, ranking #154 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZPE ranks #15,075 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 11 technology areas.

#15,075
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +140%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15075 · US Corporation #15,075 · 20 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #15,075/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eChem Solutions
CPC-FOCUS B23K · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +140% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eChem Solutions 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 ZPE’s 36.4 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 10.5 pts (29%) Velocity 5.7 pts (16%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ZPE Licensing · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZPE's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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 ZPE?

Each dot is one of ZPE’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). ZPE’s own 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ZPE's grants concentrate

ZPE Licensing Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, ZPE sits between Zhejiang Timechee International Trade Group Co., Ltd and iDevices, LLC.

ZPE's three-year grant acceleration

ZPE Licensing Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Zhejiang Timechee…

20
Zhejiang Universi…

20
Zhongshan Broad-o…

20
Zhuhai Ninestar M…

20
echem Solutions

20
ethris

20
i-lumen Scientific

20
idevices

20
ZPE Licensing ◀

20

What this shows ZPE holds 20 patents at rank #15,068, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZPE

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,068 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

ZPE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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ZPE Licensing Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2017	1	5.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	3	15.0%
2023	3	15.0%
2024	3	15.0%
2025partial year	3	15.0%

Which technologies does ZPE Licensing Inc. patent most?

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 12

F16H - Gearing 11

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 3

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

Top 11 of 11 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

ZPE Licensing Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZPE Licensing Inc.'s lead technology class is B23K (Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #15,075 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZPE Licensing Inc. against Zhejiang Timechee International Trade Group Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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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