Where does Zyxel Communications Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zyxel Communications Corporation ranks #25,610 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 Zyxel Communications Corporation hold?

Zyxel Communications Corporation holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Zyxel Communications Corporation's Innovation Score?

Zyxel Communications Corporation has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zyxel Communications Corporation focus on?

Zyxel Communications Corporation's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 4 patents, ranking #4,682 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zyxel Communications Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zyxel Communications Corporation's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Zyxel Communications Corporation's patents?

Zyxel Communications Corporation's patents average 14.9 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 Zyxel Communications Corporation 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

Zyxel Communications Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Zyxel ranks #25,610 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 8 technology areas.

#25,610
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25610 · Foreign Corporation #25,610 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,610/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ZapFraud
CPC-NARROW H04L · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ZapFraud, Inc. (±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 Zyxel’s 47.5 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 8.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 10.0 pts (21%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Zyxel Communications · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Zyxel's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 Zyxel?

Each dot is one of Zyxel’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). Zyxel’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zyxel's grants concentrate

Zyxel Communications Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Zyxel sits between Zinitix Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Guozi Robot Technology Co., Ltd..

Zyxel's three-year grant acceleration

Zyxel Communications Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Zinitix

11
Zippo Manufacturi…

11
Ziptronix

11
Zoomdata

11
Zapfraud

11
Zee

11
Zerobrush

11
Zhejiang Guozi Ro…

11
Zyxel Communicati… ◀

11

What this shows Zyxel holds 11 patents at rank #25,582, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zyxel

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,582 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Zyxel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Zyxel Communications Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	3	27.3%
2018	2	18.2%
2020	1	9.1%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Zyxel Communications Corporation patent most?

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

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H04B - Transmission 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Zyxel Communications Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zyxel Communications Corporation's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #25,610 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zyxel Communications Corporation against Zinitix Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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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