Where does GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. ranks #16,042 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 GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. hold?

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s patents?

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 GE Energy Oilfield Technology, 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 US Corporation

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. focus on?

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 11 patents, ranking #341 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GE ranks #16,042 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 17 technology areas.

#16,042
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16042 · US Corporation #16,042 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,042/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fuji Polymer…
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fuji Polymer Industries Co., Ltd. (±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 GE’s 37.1 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 14.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GE Energy Oilfield… · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GE's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 45% 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 GE?

Each dot is one of GE’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). GE’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GE's grants concentrate

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 61.1% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, GE sits between Fuji Polymer Industries Co., Ltd. and Geoservices Equipements.

GE's three-year grant acceleration

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. shows 1 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.

Fuji Polymer Indu…

18
Fujifilm Diosynth…

18
Gangneung-wonju N…

18
GE Energy Product…

18
Gebr Bode & KG

18
Gehl Foods

18
Gelest

18
Geoservices Equip…

18
GE Energy Oilfiel… ◀

18

What this shows GE holds 18 patents at rank #16,040, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GE

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,040 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

GE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	11.1%
2017	3	16.7%
2018	6	33.3%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	1	5.6%
2021	2	11.1%
2023	1	5.6%

Which technologies does GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 11

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

B60D - Vehicle Connections 1

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 17 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

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #16,042 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GE Energy Oilfield Technology, Inc. against Fuji Polymer Industries Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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

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