Where does General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc. ranks #21,170 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc.'s patents?

General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc.

Q: How is the General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #21,170 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,170
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21170 · Foreign Corporation #21,170 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,170/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fulcrum BioEnergy
CPC-NARROW F42B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fulcrum BioEnergy, 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 General’s 40.9 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 9.1 pts (22%) Velocity 10.0 pts (25%) Breadth 10.6 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows General's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 General?

Each dot is one of General’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). General’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where General's grants concentrate

General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, General sits between Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. and Gensquare LLC.

General's three-year grant acceleration

General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Fulcrum Bioenergy

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Genome Research

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Gensquare

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General Dynamics… ◀

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What this shows General holds 13 patents at rank #21,165, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near General

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,165 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

General's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	2	15.4%
2022	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc. patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 9

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 2

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 1

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 9 of 9 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

General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc.'s lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #21,170 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Dynamics Ordnance AND Tactical SYSTEMS—CANADA, Inc. against Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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