Where does Gaztransport ET Technigaz rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gaztransport ET Technigaz ranks #4,513 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 Gaztransport ET Technigaz hold?

Gaztransport ET Technigaz holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Gaztransport ET Technigaz's Innovation Score?

Gaztransport ET Technigaz has an Innovation Score of 56.1 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gaztransport ET Technigaz's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gaztransport ET Technigaz's recent grant velocity is +55% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Gaztransport ET Technigaz's patents?

Gaztransport ET Technigaz's patents average 19.1 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 Gaztransport ET Technigaz 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

Gaztransport ET Technigaz

Q: What technology areas does Gaztransport ET Technigaz focus on?

Gaztransport ET Technigaz's top technology area is F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases) with 63 patents, ranking #2 of 408 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 29 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: F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gaztransport ranks #4,513 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 29 technology areas.

#4,513
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.1/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4513 · Foreign Corporation #4,513 · 78 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,513/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH EBERSPÄCHER Climate…
CPC-FOCUS F17C · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: EBERSPÄCHER Climate Control Systems 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 Gaztransport’s 56.1 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 15.1 pts (27%) Velocity 10.5 pts (19%) Breadth 19.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Daiichi Sankyo · near

56
Dupont Nutrition… · near

56
Electricite DE France · near

56
Gaztransport ET… · this assignee

56
Liebherr-aerospace… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gaztransport's Innovation Score is 56.1/100 (top 6% 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 Gaztransport?

Each dot is one of Gaztransport’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). Gaztransport’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gaztransport's grants concentrate

Gaztransport ET Technigaz is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 80.8% of grants classified under F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (18 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Gaztransport sits between EBERSPÄCHER Climate Control Systems GMBH and Hongfujin Precision Electronics (ZHENGZHOU) Co., Ltd..

Gaztransport's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Gaztransport ET Technigaz moved from 21 to 33 grants (1.57x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

EberspÄCHER Clima…

78
Elekta AB (publ)

78
Fairchild Korea S…

78
Forage Genetics I…

78
Garmin Internatio…

78
Grote Industries

78
H B Fuller

78
Hongfujin Precisi…

78
Gaztransport ET T… ◀

78

What this shows Gaztransport holds 78 patents at rank #4,512, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gaztransport

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,512 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gaztransport, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed), Gaztransport ranks #2 of 408 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS 56 Electricite DE France 56 Liebherr-aerospace Toulouse SAS 56 Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Rebellion Photonics, Inc. 19.1 avg Loci Controls, Inc. 19.1 avg Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc. 19.1 avg The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund 19.1 avg

Gaztransport's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Gaztransport ET Technigaz patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.3%
2016	6	7.7%
2017	4	5.1%
2018	9	11.5%
2019	9	11.5%
2020	8	10.3%
2021	4	5.1%
2022	4	5.1%
2023	11	14.1%
2024	18	23.1%
2025partial year	4	5.1%

Which technologies does Gaztransport ET Technigaz patent most?

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 63

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 39

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 6

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Gaztransport ET Technigaz's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gaztransport ET Technigaz's lead technology class is F17C (Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases), 80.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F17C
Ranked #4,513 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gaztransport ET Technigaz against EBERSPÄCHER Climate Control Systems GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.1/100 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

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