Where does ZSM Holding, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZSM Holding, LLC ranks #15,779 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 ZSM Holding, LLC hold?

ZSM Holding, LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is ZSM Holding, LLC's Innovation Score?

ZSM Holding, LLC has an Innovation Score of 58.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ZSM Holding, LLC focus on?

ZSM Holding, LLC's top technology area is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters) with 19 patents, ranking #83 of 592 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is ZSM Holding, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ZSM Holding, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for ZSM Holding, LLC's patents?

ZSM Holding, LLC's patents average 28.9 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 ZSM Holding, LLC 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

ZSM Holding, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ZSM ranks #15,779 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.

#15,779
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.1/100): 28.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15779 · US Corporation #15,779 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,779/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH fischer automotive…
CPC-FOCUS B64C · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: fischer automotive systems GmbH & Co. KG (±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 ZSM’s 58.1 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 10.3 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 12.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ZSM Holding · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ZSM's Innovation Score is 58.1/100 (top 5% 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 ZSM?

Each dot is one of ZSM’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). ZSM’s own 28.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ZSM's grants concentrate

ZSM Holding, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (7 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2023. By volume, ZSM sits between Zagg Amplified, Inc. and fischer automotive systems GmbH & Co. KG.

ZSM's three-year grant acceleration

ZSM Holding, LLC shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Zagg Amplified

19
Zest Labs

19
ZF CV Systems Han…

19
ZF Steering Syste…

19
ZweibrÜDER Optoel…

19
Zeco Systems Pte

19
Zevex

19
fischer automotiv…

19
ZSM Holding ◀

19

What this shows ZSM holds 19 patents at rank #15,772, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ZSM

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,772 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64C (Aeroplanes)

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

ZSM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ZSM Holding, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	7	36.8%
2023	4	21.1%
2024	6	31.6%
2025partial year	2	10.5%

Which technologies does ZSM Holding, LLC patent most?

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 19

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 19

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 13

F03D - Wind Motors 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 8

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 1

Top 13 of 13 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

ZSM Holding, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZSM Holding, LLC's lead technology class is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64C
Ranked #15,779 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZSM Holding, LLC against Zagg Amplified, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.1/100 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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