Where does GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH ranks #9,265 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 Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH hold?

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's Innovation Score?

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's patents?

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's patents average 18.1 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 Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH 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 Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH

Q: What technology areas does GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH focus on?

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 27 patents, ranking #551 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 21 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GE ranks #9,265 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 21 technology areas.

#9,265
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9265 · Foreign Corporation #9,265 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,265/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fluidigm Canada
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fluidigm Canada 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 41.9 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 12.3 pts (29%) Velocity 2.5 pts (6%) Breadth 16.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ordnance Survey · near

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Richard Wolf · near

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Sanford-Burnham… · near

42
Ubright Optronics · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows GE's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 18.1 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.

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

Where GE's grants concentrate

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 79.4% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, GE sits between Fluidigm Canada Inc. and Guala Dispensing S.P.A..

GE's three-year grant acceleration

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

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Glenfly Technology

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What this shows GE holds 34 patents at rank #9,265, 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 #9,265 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 #551 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Ubright Optronics Corporation 42 Richard Wolf GMBH 42 Ordnance Survey Limited 42 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute 42

GE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	17.6%
2016	3	8.8%
2017	2	5.9%
2018	1	2.9%
2019	5	14.7%
2020	9	26.5%
2021	2	5.9%
2022	4	11.8%
2023	2	5.9%

Which technologies does GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 27

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

H05G - X-ray Technique 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

Top 15 of 21 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 Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 79.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #9,265 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH against Fluidigm Canada Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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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