Where does GE Video Compression, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GE Video Compression, LLC ranks #1,148 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 Video Compression, LLC hold?

GE Video Compression, LLC holds 369 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is GE Video Compression, LLC's Innovation Score?

GE Video Compression, LLC has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% 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 Video Compression, LLC focus on?

GE Video Compression, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 305 patents, ranking #87 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is GE Video Compression, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GE Video Compression, LLC's recent grant velocity is +75% 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 Video Compression, LLC's patents?

GE Video Compression, LLC's patents average 23.4 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 Video Compression, 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 Video Compression, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 369 granted patents across 7 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GE ranks #1,148 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 369 patents across 7 technology areas.

#1,148
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 23.4
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1148 · US Corporation #1,148 · 369 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 369 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,148/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAC Optics Solutions…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd. (±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 46.9 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 20.4 pts (43%) Velocity 3.1 pts (7%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elbit Systems OF… · near

47
GE Video Compression · this assignee

47
National Pingtung… · near

47
Synthetic Genomics · near

47
Wilson · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GE's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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 23.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 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 Video Compression, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 82.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (104 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, GE sits between Ivoclar Vivadent AG and KT&G Corporation.

GE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, GE Video Compression, LLC moved from 200 to 92 grants (0.46x 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 #2,779. See the growth leaderboard.

Ivoclar Vivadent

370
Jatco

370
Welch Allyn

370
AAC Optics Soluti…

369
Mars Incorporated

369
Oakley

369
GE Video Compress… ◀

369
Gulfstream Aerosp…

368
KT&G

368

What this shows GE holds 369 patents at rank #1,148, 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 #1,148 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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 H04N (Pictorial Communication), GE ranks #87 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Wilson Electronics, LLC 47 Synthetic Genomics, Inc. 47 Elbit Systems OF America, LLC 47 National Pingtung University OF Science & Technology 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.4 here).

Maquet Cardiovascular LLC 23.4 avg Purdue Pharma L.P. 23.4 avg Luminar Technologies, Inc. 23.4 avg Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 23.4 avg

GE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 Video Compression, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	0.5%
2016	6	1.6%
2017	26	7.0%
2018	40	10.8%
2019	59	16.0%
2020	104	28.2%
2021	37	10.0%
2022	22	6.0%
2023	42	11.4%
2024	28	7.6%
2025partial year	3	0.8%

Which technologies does GE Video Compression, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 305

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 80

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 24

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 7 of 7 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 Video Compression, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GE Video Compression, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 82.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,148 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GE Video Compression, LLC against Ivoclar Vivadent AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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

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