Where does Zscaler, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zscaler, Inc. ranks #1,644 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 Zscaler, Inc. hold?

Zscaler, Inc. holds 251 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Zscaler, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zscaler, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.6 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zscaler, Inc. focus on?

Zscaler, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 222 patents, ranking #188 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Zscaler, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +220% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Zscaler, Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 Zscaler, 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

Zscaler, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 251 granted patents across 9 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zscaler ranks #1,644 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 251 patents across 9 technology areas.

#1,644
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.6/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +220%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1644 · US Corporation #1,644 · 251 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 251 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,644/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GD Midea Air-conditi…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +220% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GD Midea Air-conditioning Equipment 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.

How Zscaler’s 55.6 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 19.1 pts (34%) Velocity 15.0 pts (27%) Breadth 10.6 pts (19%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intelligent Energy · near

56
Proofpoint · near

56
Tokai Chemical… · near

56
Tsubakimoto Chain · near

56
Zscaler · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zscaler's Innovation Score is 55.6/100 (top 7% 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 Zscaler?

Each dot is one of Zscaler’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). Zscaler’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zscaler's grants concentrate

Zscaler, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 88.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (48 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2018. By volume, Zscaler sits between GD Midea Air-conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd. and AS America, Inc..

Zscaler's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Zscaler, Inc. moved from 55 to 124 grants (2.25x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #152. See the growth leaderboard.

GD Midea Air-cond…

251
Guardian Glass

251
THE Aerospace

251
UCB Biopharma SRL

251
Zscaler ◀

251
American Axle & M…

250
Smith Internation…

250
Valinge Innovatio…

250
AS America

249

What this shows Zscaler holds 251 patents at rank #1,644, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zscaler

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,644 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zscaler, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Zscaler ranks #188 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Tsubakimoto Chain Co. 56 Intelligent Energy Limited 56 Proofpoint, Inc. 56 Tokai Chemical Industries, Ltd. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

University OF Maryland, College Park 18.1 avg Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG 18.1 avg Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG 18.1 avg Welltec Oilfield Solutions AG 18.1 avg

Zscaler's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Zscaler, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	4.0%
2016	10	4.0%
2017	9	3.6%
2018	6	2.4%
2019	16	6.4%
2020	18	7.2%
2021	21	8.4%
2022	30	12.0%
2023	46	18.3%
2024	48	19.1%
2025partial year	37	14.7%

Which technologies does Zscaler, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 222

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 96

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 49

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 22

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

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 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G16Y - Information AND Communication Technology Specially Adapted FOR THE Internet OF Things [IoT] 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Zscaler, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 88.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #1,644 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zscaler, Inc. against GD Midea Air-conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.6/100 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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