Where does GBUK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GBUK Limited ranks #24,386 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does GBUK Limited hold?

GBUK Limited holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is GBUK Limited's Innovation Score?

GBUK Limited has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GBUK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GBUK Limited's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GBUK Limited's patents?

GBUK Limited's patents average 9.2 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 GBUK Limited 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

GBUK Limited

Q: What technology areas does GBUK Limited focus on?

GBUK Limited's top technology area is A61G (TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS ; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61G (TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS ; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GBUK ranks #24,386 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.

#24,386
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 9.2
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24386 · Foreign Corporation #24,386 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,386/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH GARDNER DENVER PETRO…
CPC-NARROW A61G · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gardner Denver Petroleum Pumps, Llc (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GBUK · this assignee

43
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows GBUK's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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.

Where GBUK's grants concentrate

GBUK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under A61G (TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS ; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, GBUK sits between Gardner Denver Petroleum Pumps, Llc and GET Fabric Ltd.

GBUK's three-year grant acceleration

GBUK Limited shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Gardner Denver Pe…

11
Gavish-galilee BI…

11
GBS Holdings

11
GBT

11
GE Oil & Gas

11
GEMU Gebr Mueller…

11
Gentos

11
GET Fabric

11
GBUK ◀

11

What this shows GBUK holds 11 patents at rank #24,374, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GBUK

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,374 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61G (Transport)

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

GBUK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GBUK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	9.1%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	1	9.1%
2022	3	27.3%
2023	2	18.2%
2024	1	9.1%
2025partial year	2	18.2%

Which technologies does GBUK Limited patent most?

A61G - TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS ; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES 4

A61M - DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR 3

A61J - CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE 2

A44B - BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE 1

A61F - FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRS 1

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 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,386

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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