USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

General Electric Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14,436 granted patents across 429 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: F05D (INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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14,436

Total patents granted

429

CPC technology areas

17.1

Avg claims per patent

-35%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

General ranks #21 of 50,000 US assignees, with 14,436 patents across 429 technology areas.

#21
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 0.1%
by Innovation Score (71.7/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -35%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

General Electric Company has been granted 14,436 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing General Electric Company at rank #21 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 429 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in F05D (INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS). As a US Corporation, General Electric Company is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, General sits between Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (15,598 patents, rank #17) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (12,454 patents, rank #25) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 71.7/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 5,709 grants, compared with 8,727 in the 2015–2019 window, a -35% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. General Electric Company's 17.1 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark General Electric Company against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Telefonaktiebolag…

15,598
Micron Technology

15,200
Mitsubishi Electr…

15,053
Hyundai Motor

15,033
General Electric ◀

14,436
Seiko Epson

14,235
Panasonic Intelle…

13,148
Toshiba

12,848
Honda Motor

12,454

What this shows General holds 14,436 patents at rank #21, 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 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-disp…)

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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

72 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 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 Electric Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1,817	12.6%
2016	1,703	11.8%
2017	1,657	11.5%
2018	1,686	11.7%
2019	1,864	12.9%
2020	1,785	12.4%
2021	1,076	7.5%
2022	878	6.1%
2023	833	5.8%
2024	617	4.3%
2025	520	3.6%

Which technologies does General Electric Company patent most?

F05D - INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS 4,320

F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES 3,837

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 2,396

F02C - GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS 2,381

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 1,650

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 1,161

F23R - GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS 1,090

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 931

B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING 840

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 832

F03D - WIND MOTORS 806

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 759

F05B - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G 685

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 659

F04D - NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS 654

Top 15 of 429 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Deep

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does General Electric Company hold?

General Electric Company holds 14,436 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 429 technology areas.

What is General Electric Company's Innovation Score?

General Electric Company has an Innovation Score of 71.7 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does General Electric Company focus on?

General Electric Company's top technology area is F05D (INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS) with 4,320 patents. The company has filed patents in 429 CPC subclasses total.

Is General Electric Company's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

General Electric Company's recent filing velocity is -35% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for General Electric Company's patents?

General Electric Company's patents average 17.1 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the General Electric Company 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.

How to use this portfolio

General's 14,436 grants land it in the top 0.1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - General ranks #21 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in F05D - see who else leads that technology area. F05D leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.