Overall rank by patents
#15,780
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: F21V (FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Zweibrüder ranks #15,780 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15780 · Foreign Corporation #15,780 · 19 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Zweibrüder Optoelect… · this assignee
23 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Zweibrüder Optoelectronics Gmbh & Co. KG stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #15,780 of 50,000; Innovation Score 23.3/100 sits in the top 88% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Fischer Automotive Systems Gmbh & Co. KG (±0 grants).
Zweibrüder Optoelectronics Gmbh & Co. KG has been granted 19 US utility patents between 2015 and 2017, placing Zweibrüder Optoelectronics Gmbh & Co. KG at #15,780 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 6 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 7.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in F21V (FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). As a Foreign Corporation, Zweibrüder Optoelectronics Gmbh & Co. KG is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Zweibrüder sits between ZEST LABS, Inc. (19 patents, rank #15,769) and Mmhmm Inc. (19 patents, rank #15,777) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 23.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 19 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Zweibrüder Optoelectronics Gmbh & Co. KG's 7.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 6 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
ZEST LABS, INC.
19 patents
ZF CV Systems Hannover GmbH
19 patents
ZF Steering Systems Poland Sp. Z.o.o.
19 patents
ZSM Holding, LLC
19 patents
Zeco Systems Pte Ltd.
19 patents
Zevex, Inc.
19 patents
fischer automotive systems GmbH & Co. KG
19 patents
mmhmm inc.
19 patents
ZWEIBRÜDER OPTOELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG
19 patents
What this shows Zweibrüder holds 19 patents at rank #15,773, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,773 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Zweibrüder's primary technology class.
Zweibrüder's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
23 Top 88% higher than 12% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | 47.4% |
| 2016 | 6 | 31.6% |
| 2017 | 4 | 21.1% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#15,780
of 50,000 tracked assignees
23.3 out of 100
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