Where does Gelest Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gelest Technologies, Inc. ranks #12,941 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 Gelest Technologies, Inc. hold?

Gelest Technologies, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gelest Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -65% 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 Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 13.7 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 Gelest Technologies, 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

Gelest Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Gelest Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium) with 14 patents, ranking #102 of 1,317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gelest ranks #12,941 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 26 technology areas.

#12,941
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: -65%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12941 · US Corporation #12,941 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,941/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fujikoshi Machinery
CPC-FOCUS C07F · 26 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -65% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fujikoshi Machinery Corp. (±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 Gelest’s 37.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 11.0 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gelest · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gelest's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Gelest?

Each dot is one of Gelest’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). Gelest’s own 13.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gelest's grants concentrate

Gelest Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 60.9% of grants classified under C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Gelest sits between Fujikoshi Machinery Corp. and Gilson SAS.

Fujikoshi Machine…

23
Fulian Yuzhan Pre…

23
G3 Enterprises

23
Galecto Biotech AB

23
Genius

23
Genmont Biotech I…

23
Giantplus Technol…

23
Gilson SAS

23
Gelest ◀

23

What this shows Gelest holds 23 patents at rank #12,939, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gelest

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,939 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07F (Acyclic)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Gelest's primary technology class.

Gelest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gelest Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	21.7%
2016	3	13.0%
2017	1	4.3%
2018	3	13.0%
2019	5	21.7%
2020	2	8.7%
2021	4	17.4%

Which technologies does Gelest Technologies, Inc. patent most?

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 14

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 12

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 4

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 2

Top 15 of 26 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

Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gelest Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium), 60.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07F
Ranked #12,941 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gelest Technologies, Inc. against Fujikoshi Machinery Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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.

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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