Where does GCT Research, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GCT Research, Inc. ranks #46,979 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 GCT Research, Inc. hold?

GCT Research, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is GCT Research, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

GCT Research, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GCT Research, Inc. focus on?

GCT Research, Inc.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 4 patents, ranking #1,496 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is GCT Research, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for GCT Research, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for GCT Research, Inc.'s patents?

GCT Research, Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 GCT Research, Inc. 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

GCT Research, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GCT ranks #46,979 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#46,979
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46979 · Foreign Corporation #46,979 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,979/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GBT Travel Services UK
CPC-NARROW H04B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GBT Travel Services UK 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 GCT’s 28.3 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (24%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GCT Research · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GCT's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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 GCT?

Each dot is one of GCT’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). GCT’s own 14.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GCT's grants concentrate

GCT Research, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, GCT sits between GBT Travel Services UK Limited and Gebr. Schmidt Fabrik FÜR Feinmechanik GMBH & Co. K.

GCT's three-year grant acceleration

GCT Research, Inc. shows 2 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.

GBT Travel Servic…

5
Gccm

5
GCH Technology

5
Gcoa

5
GD IND

5
GE Infrastructure…

5
Gear Radio

5
Gebr Schmidt Fabr…

5
GCT Research ◀

5

What this shows GCT holds 5 patents at rank #46,970, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GCT

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,970 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

GCT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GCT Research, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does GCT Research, Inc. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GCT Research, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GCT Research, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #46,979 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GCT Research, Inc. against GBT Travel Services UK Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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

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.