Where does General Ecology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Ecology, Inc. ranks #26,367 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 General Ecology, Inc. hold?

General Ecology, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is General Ecology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

General Ecology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does General Ecology, Inc. focus on?

General Ecology, Inc.'s top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 10 patents, ranking #133 of 1,366 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is General Ecology, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

General Ecology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Ecology, Inc.'s patents?

General Ecology, Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 General Ecology, 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

General Ecology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #26,367 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#26,367
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26367 · US Corporation #26,367 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,367/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GasPorOx AB
CPC-NARROW C02F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GasPorOx AB (±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 31.2 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Ecology · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows General's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th percentile 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 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 19.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where General's grants concentrate

General Ecology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, General sits between GasPorOx AB and Genus plc.

General's three-year grant acceleration

General Ecology, Inc. shows 1 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.

Gasporox AB

10
Gate Labs

10
Gecko Health Inno…

10
Geltor

10
General Inspection

10
Generation Z

10
Genesis Robotics…

10
Genus

10
General Ecology ◀

10

What this shows General holds 10 patents at rank #26,393, 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 #26,393 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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)

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

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 Ecology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2017	3	30.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%

Which technologies does General Ecology, Inc. patent most?

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 10

B01D - Separation 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

Top 8 of 8 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 Ecology, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Ecology, Inc.'s lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #26,367 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Ecology, Inc. against GasPorOx AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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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