Where does GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC ranks #4,819 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 Hybrid Technologies, LLC hold?

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC holds 72 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is +253% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC's patents?

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC's patents average 16.5 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 Hybrid Technologies, LLC 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 Hybrid Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC focus on?

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC's top technology area is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy) with 63 patents, ranking #91 of 3,143 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 72 granted patents across 19 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: H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GE ranks #4,819 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 72 patents across 19 technology areas.

#4,819
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: +253%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4819 · US Corporation #4,819 · 72 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 72 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,819/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edge 3
CPC-FOCUS H02J · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +253% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edge 3 Technologies (±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 44.6 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 14.8 pts (33%) Velocity 4.5 pts (10%) Breadth 15.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Em-tech · near

45
GE Hybrid · this assignee

45
Hexagon Technology AS · near

45
Pivotal Software · near

45
Therma-stor · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GE's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 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 Hybrid Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, GE sits between Etak Systems, LLC and Inguran, LLC.

GE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC moved from 37 to 25 grants (0.68x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Etak Systems

72
Edge 3

72
Exact Sciences

72
FU Ding Electroni…

72
GEA Mechanical Eq…

72
General Cable

72
Humax

72
Inguran

72
GE Hybrid ◀

72

What this shows GE holds 72 patents at rank #4,819, 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 #4,819 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distribu…)

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 H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distribu…), GE ranks #91 of 3,143 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Therma-stor LLC 45 Em-tech Co., Ltd 45 Hexagon Technology AS 45 Pivotal Software, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.5 here).

Ypsomed AG 16.5 avg Arlanxeo Deutschland GmbH 16.5 avg Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG 16.5 avg Appotronics Corporation Limited 16.5 avg

GE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 Hybrid Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.8%
2017	1	1.4%
2018	3	4.2%
2019	9	12.5%
2020	15	20.8%
2021	13	18.1%
2022	5	6.9%
2023	11	15.3%
2024	9	12.5%
2025partial year	4	5.6%

Which technologies does GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC patent most?

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 63

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 19

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 14

H04B - Transmission 12

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 4

H03D - Demodulation OR Transference OF Modulation From ONE Carrier TO Another 4

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 15 of 19 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 Hybrid Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02J
Ranked #4,819 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC against Etak Systems, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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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