GE Precision Healthcare LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 994 granted patents across 121 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, GE ranks #455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 994 patents across 121 technology areas.
- #455
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 1%
- by Innovation Score (78.2/100)
- 15.5
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R455 · US Corporation #455 · 994 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MID 994 grants
- TOP-DECILE #455/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Beijing BOE…
- CPC-WIDE A61B · 121 areas
- INNOV-STRONG 78.2/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd. (±3 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 78.2 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around GE
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- RTX · near
RTX · near
79 score
- Tencent America · near
Tencent America · near
78 score
- Baker Hughes… · near
Baker Hughes… · near
78 score
- GE Precision… · this assignee
GE Precision… · this assignee
78 score
- Kyndryl · near
Kyndryl · near
78 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows GE's Innovation Score is 78.2/100 (top 1% 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 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
How GE's grant cadence moved
Grant history spans 2020–2025. Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 244 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 34. Lead class A61B accounts for 50.1% of the portfolio across 121 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (#451) and Snowflake Inc. (#459).
GE's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GE Precision Healthcare LLC moved from 135 to 622 grants (4.61x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #34. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at GE's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Toyoda Gosei
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
1,008 patents
- National Technolo…
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
1,004 patents
- The Board of Trus…
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
1,004 patents
- Nidec
Nidec Corporation
999 patents
- GE Precision Heal… ◀
GE Precision Healthcare LLC
994 patents
- Beijing BOE Techn…
Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
991 patents
- AGC
AGC Inc.
988 patents
- L'air Liquide Soc…
L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
988 patents
- Snowflake
Snowflake Inc.
984 patents
What this shows GE holds 994 patents at rank #455, 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 #455 in granted patent volume.
- Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. #451 · 1,008 patents
- National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC #452 · 1,004 patents
- The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois #453 · 1,004 patents
- Nidec Corporation #454 · 999 patents
- Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd. #456 · 991 patents
- AGC Inc. #457 · 988 patents
- L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude #458 · 988 patents
- Snowflake Inc. #459 · 984 patents
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in GE's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in 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 A61B (Diagnosis), GE ranks #31 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (78 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.5 here).
GE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
78 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 101 | 10.2% |
| 2022 | 179 | 18.0% |
| 2023 | 199 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 244 | 24.5% |
| 2025partial year | 237 | 23.8% |
Which technologies does GE Precision Healthcare LLC patent most?
Top 15 of 121 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
GE Precision Healthcare LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- GE Precision Healthcare LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 50.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare GE Precision Healthcare LLC against Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 78.2/100 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.
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