Where does GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. ranks #7,847 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 Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. hold?

GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.7 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.'s patents?

GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.'s patents average 14.6 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 Oil & Gas ESP, 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 Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. focus on?

GE Oil & Gas ESP, 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 29 patents, ranking #130 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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 #7,847 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 20 technology areas.

#7,847
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.7/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7847 · US Corporation #7,847 · 41 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,847/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ferric
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferric Inc. (±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 38.7 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 12.9 pts (33%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 15.8 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bio-medical… · near

39
Data I/O · near

39
Elite Semiconductor… · near

39
GE Oil & Gas ESP · this assignee

39
Lexington Medical · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GE's Innovation Score is 38.7/100 (top 40% 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 14.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 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 Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 70.7% 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 2019 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, GE sits between Fujifilm Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. and Gurulogic Microsystems OY.

GE's three-year grant acceleration

GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Fujifilm Toyama C…

41
Ferric

41
Foret Plasma Labs

41
Fotonation Cayman

41
GED Integrated So…

41
GEM

41
General Plastic I…

41
Gurulogic Microsy…

41
GE Oil & Gas ESP ◀

41

What this shows GE holds 41 patents at rank #7,845, 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 #7,845 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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 E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), GE ranks #130 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Bio-medical Engineering (HK) Limited 39 Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc. 39 Data I/O Corporation 39 Lexington Medical, Inc. 39

GE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	7.3%
2016	7	17.1%
2017	6	14.6%
2018	5	12.2%
2019	13	31.7%
2020	4	9.8%
2022	1	2.4%
2023	2	4.9%

Which technologies does GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 29

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 22

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 10

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 8

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 5

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 3

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 1

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

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

B01D - Separation 1

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

Top 15 of 20 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 Oil & Gas ESP, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GE Oil & Gas ESP, 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), 70.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #7,847 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GE Oil & Gas ESP, Inc. against Fujifilm Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.7/100 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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