Where does ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG ranks #15,780 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 ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG hold?

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 23.3 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 7.1 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 ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG 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 Foreign Corporation

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 10 patents, ranking #276 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zweibrüder ranks #15,780 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 6 technology areas.

#15,780
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.3/100): 7.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,780/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH fischer automotive…
CPC-NARROW F21V · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 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 Zweibrüder’s 23.3 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 (44%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Zweibrüder's Innovation Score is 23.3/100 (12th percentile 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 Zweibrüder?

Each dot is one of Zweibrüder’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). Zweibrüder’s own 7.1 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Zweibrüder's grants concentrate

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 52.6% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Zweibrüder sits between Zest Labs, Inc. and mmhmm inc..

Zest Labs

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ZF CV Systems Han…

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ZF Steering Syste…

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ZSM Holding

19
Zeco Systems Pte

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Zevex

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mmhmm

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ZweibrÜDER Optoel… ◀

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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.

Companies ranked near ZWEIBRÜDER

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,773 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	47.4%
2016	6	31.6%
2017	4	21.1%

Which technologies does ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 8

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 7

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 6 of 6 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

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 52.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #15,780 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ZWEIBRÜDER Optoelectronics GMBH & Co. KG against Zest Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.3/100 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

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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

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