Where does GDF Suez rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GDF Suez ranks #28,835 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 GDF Suez hold?

GDF Suez holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is GDF Suez's Innovation Score?

GDF Suez has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GDF Suez's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GDF Suez's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 GDF Suez's patents?

GDF Suez's patents average 11.7 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 GDF Suez 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

GDF Suez

Q: What technology areas does GDF Suez focus on?

GDF Suez's top technology area is F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GDF ranks #28,835 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 16 technology areas.

#28,835
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28835 · Foreign Corporation #28,835 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,835/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH G6 Materials
CPC-FOCUS F23C · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: G6 Materials Corp. (±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
GDF Suez · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GDF's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (30th 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.

Where GDF's grants concentrate

GDF Suez is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR). By volume, GDF sits between G6 Materials Corp. and Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd..

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9
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9
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9
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9
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9
GDF Suez ◀

9

What this shows GDF holds 9 patents at rank #28,814, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GDF

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,814 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR S…)

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

GDF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GDF Suez patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	33.3%
2017	3	33.3%
2018	3	33.3%

Which technologies does GDF Suez patent most?

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 3

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

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 2

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

F23D - Burners 1

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 1

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 1

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 1

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#28,835

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

29.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GDF Suez's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GDF Suez's lead technology class is F23C (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F23C
Ranked #28,835 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GDF Suez against G6 Materials Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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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