Where does G & W Electric Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), G & W Electric Company ranks #8,593 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 G & W Electric Company hold?

G & W Electric Company holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is G & W Electric Company's Innovation Score?

G & W Electric Company has an Innovation Score of 59.1 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does G & W Electric Company focus on?

G & W Electric Company's top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 20 patents, ranking #279 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is G & W Electric Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

G & W Electric Company's recent grant velocity is +333% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for G & W Electric Company's patents?

G & W Electric Company's patents average 20.6 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 G & W Electric Company 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

G & W Electric Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, G ranks #8,593 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 16 technology areas.

#8,593
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.1/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: +333%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8593 · US Corporation #8,593 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,593/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fisher & Paykel…
CPC-FOCUS G01R · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +333% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited (±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 G’s 59.1 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 12.6 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 14.1 pts (24%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfa Laval Corporate… · near

59
Banner Engineering · near

59
G & W Electric · this assignee

59
Inventec (PUDONG)… · near

59
AT&S Austria &… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows G's Innovation Score is 59.1/100 (top 4% 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 G?

Each dot is one of G’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). G’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where G's grants concentrate

G & W Electric Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 54.1% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, G sits between Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited and Haesung DS Co., Ltd.

G's three-year grant acceleration

G & W Electric Company shows 20 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Fisher & Paykel A…

37
Flow International

37
Franklin Electric

37
Fraunhofer USA

37
Green Solution Te…

37
Genesys Cloud Ser…

37
Gigajot Technology

37
Haesung DS

37
G & W Electric ◀

37

What this shows G holds 37 patents at rank #8,593, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near G

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,593 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for G, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01R (Measuring Electric Variables), G ranks #279 of 3,424 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Banner Engineering Corp. 59 Alfa Laval Corporate AB 59 Inventec (PUDONG) Technology Corporation 59 AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft 59

G's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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G & W Electric Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.4%
2016	1	2.7%
2017	3	8.1%
2020	2	5.4%
2021	4	10.8%
2022	4	10.8%
2023	11	29.7%
2024	5	13.5%
2025partial year	5	13.5%

Which technologies does G & W Electric Company patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 20

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 13

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 8

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Top 15 of 16 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

G & W Electric Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

G & W Electric Company's lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 54.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #8,593 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare G & W Electric Company against Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.