Where does Zum Services, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zum Services, Inc. ranks #18,330 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 Zum Services, Inc. hold?

Zum Services, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Zum Services, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zum Services, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.5 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Zum Services, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Zum Services, Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Zum Services, 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

Zum Services, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Zum Services, Inc. focus on?

Zum Services, Inc.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 9 patents, ranking #311 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zum ranks #18,330 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,330
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.5/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18330 · US Corporation #18,330 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,330/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH aeris
CPC-NARROW G01C · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: aeris GmbH (±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 Zum’s 50.5 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 9.8 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zum Services · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zum's Innovation Score is 50.5/100 (top 13% 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 Zum?

Each dot is one of Zum’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). Zum’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zum's grants concentrate

Zum Services, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 56.3% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Zum sits between Zhaoqing Yitai Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. and inodyn NewMedia GmbH.

Zum's three-year grant acceleration

Zum Services, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Zhaoqing Yitai In…

16
Zhejiang Topsun L…

16
Zhejiang Zhengte

16
Zimmer Surgical

16
aeris

16
eharmony

16
istreamplanet

16
inodyn Newmedia

16
Zum Services ◀

16

What this shows Zum holds 16 patents at rank #18,326, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zum

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,326 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Zum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zum Services, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	6.3%
2019	1	6.3%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	1	6.3%
2024	9	56.3%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Zum Services, Inc. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 9

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 8

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Zum Services, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 56.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #18,330 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zum Services, Inc. against Zhaoqing Yitai Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.5/100 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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