Where does GE Healthcare UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GE Healthcare UK Limited ranks #6,775 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 UK Limited hold?

GE Healthcare UK Limited holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is GE Healthcare UK Limited's Innovation Score?

GE Healthcare UK Limited 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 UK Limited focus on?

GE Healthcare UK Limited's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 18 patents, ranking #850 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

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

GE Healthcare UK Limited's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 UK Limited's patents?

GE Healthcare UK Limited's patents average 14.3 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 UK 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

GE Healthcare UK Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GE ranks #6,775 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 27 technology areas.

#6,775
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6775 · Foreign Corporation #6,775 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,775/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fairfield Industries…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fairfield Industries Incorporated (±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 13.5 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.4 pts (45%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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GE Healthcare UK · this assignee

40
MoneyGram Internatio… · near

40
National Institute… · near

40
Nihon Medi-physics · near

40
Northgate · 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 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 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 UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 36.7% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, GE sits between Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A. and Gemological Institute of America, Inc. (GIA).

Fidia Farmaceutic…

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Fairfield Industr…

49
Friedrich-schille…

49
Future Dial

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GEA Food Solution…

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Grenzebach Maschi…

49
Gatekeeper Systems

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Gemological Insti…

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GE Healthcare UK ◀

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What this shows GE holds 49 patents at rank #6,774, 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 #6,774 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), GE ranks #850 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

MoneyGram International, Inc. 40 Nihon Medi-physics Co., Ltd. 40 Northgate Technologies, Inc. 40 National Institute of Standards and Technology 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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GE Healthcare UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	12.2%
2016	9	18.4%
2017	5	10.2%
2018	15	30.6%
2019	9	18.4%
2020	3	6.1%
2021	1	2.0%
2025partial year	1	2.0%

Which technologies does GE Healthcare UK Limited patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 13

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 10

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B01D - Separation 4

C12Y - Enzymes 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

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 2

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

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

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

Top 15 of 27 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 Healthcare UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GE Healthcare UK Limited's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 36.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #6,775 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GE Healthcare UK Limited against Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A., 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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