Where does GE Healthcare AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GE Healthcare AS ranks #7,269 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 Healthcare AS hold?

GE Healthcare AS holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is GE Healthcare AS's Innovation Score?

GE Healthcare AS has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does GE Healthcare AS focus on?

GE Healthcare AS's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 28 patents, ranking #814 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is GE Healthcare AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GE Healthcare AS's recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Healthcare AS's patents?

GE Healthcare AS's patents average 12.7 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 Healthcare AS 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

GE Healthcare AS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GE ranks #7,269 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 21 technology areas.

#7,269
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7269 · Foreign Corporation #7,269 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,269/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fondation B-com
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fondation B-com (±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 40.4 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 13.2 pts (33%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 16.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Calithera Biosciences · near

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GE Healthcare AS · this assignee

40
Mesoblast Internatio… · near

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Personics Holdings · near

40
Umicore Korea · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows GE's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 12.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where GE's grants concentrate

GE Healthcare AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 62.2% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, GE sits between Fondation B-com and Halla Visteon Climate Control Corporation.

GE's three-year grant acceleration

GE Healthcare AS shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Fondation B-com

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GE Healthcare AS ◀

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What this shows GE holds 45 patents at rank #7,268, 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 #7,268 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for GE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), GE ranks #814 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Umicore Korea Ltd. 40 Mesoblast International Sàrl 40 Personics Holdings, LLC 40 Calithera Biosciences, Inc. 40

GE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

GE Healthcare AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	17.8%
2016	5	11.1%
2017	8	17.8%
2018	6	13.3%
2019	2	4.4%
2020	3	6.7%
2021	7	15.6%
2022	2	4.4%
2023	2	4.4%
2024	2	4.4%

Which technologies does GE Healthcare AS patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 28

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 13

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

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 5

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 4

B01D - Separation 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 2

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

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

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GE Healthcare AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GE Healthcare AS's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 62.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #7,269 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GE Healthcare AS against Fondation B-com, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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