Overall rank by patents
#2,327
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 168 granted patents across 46 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #2,327 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 168 patents across 46 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2327 · Foreign Corporation #2,327 · 168 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Electronics FOR Imaging, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Koniniklijke Philips · near
71 score
General Electric… · this assignee
71 score
Tahoe Research · near
71 score
Cytiva Sweden AB · near
71 score
Postech Research… · near
71 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows General's Innovation Score is 70.6/100 (top 1% 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.
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 46 CPC subclasses with 89.9% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (59 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, General sits between THE Children's Hospital OF Philadelphia and Magna Exteriors Inc..
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L. shows 132 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
THE Children's Hospital OF Philadelphia
169 patents
Electronics FOR Imaging, Inc.
168 patents
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
168 patents
Extreme Networks, Inc.
168 patents
Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
168 patents
Intellectual Ventures II LLC
168 patents
Korea Research Institute OF Bioscience AND Biotechnology
168 patents
Magna Exteriors Inc.
168 patents
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
168 patents
What this shows General holds 168 patents at rank #2,327, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,327 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in General's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for General, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).
General's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
71 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 5 | 3.0% |
| 2022 | 22 | 13.1% |
| 2023 | 51 | 30.4% |
| 2024 | 59 | 35.1% |
| 2025partial year | 28 | 16.7% |
Top 15 of 46 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,327
of 49,997 tracked assignees
70.6 out of 100
What to do with this data
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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