Where does General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. ranks #11,655 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 Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. hold?

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.1 out of 100 (top 31% 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 Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. focus on?

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 18 patents, ranking #74 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents?

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents average 15.1 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 US Corporation

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Q: How is the General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, 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 - 26 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #11,655 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 15 technology areas.

#11,655
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.1/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11655 · US Corporation #11,655 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,655/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GeneSic Semiconductor
CPC-FOCUS H01H · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GeneSic Semiconductor 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 42.1 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 11.4 pts (27%) Velocity 8.0 pts (19%) Breadth 13.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BurstIQ · near

42
General Equipment… · this assignee

42
Megadyne Medical… · near

42
The Ridge Wallet · near

42
U-shin · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows General's Innovation Score is 42.1/100 (top 31% 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 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 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 Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, General sits between Grey Orange PTE. Ltd. and Handi-craft Company.

General's three-year grant acceleration

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Grey Orange PTE

26
Grupo AntolÍN-ing…

26
Genmark Diagnosti…

26
Genesic Semicondu…

26
Geopier Foundation

26
Global Dental Sci…

26
Glytech

26
Handi-craft

26
General Equipment… ◀

26

What this shows General holds 26 patents at rank #11,659, 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 #11,659 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for General, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01H (Electric Switches), General ranks #74 of 1,006 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

The Ridge Wallet LLC 42 U-shin Ltd. 42 Megadyne Medical Products, Inc. 42 BurstIQ, Inc. 42

General's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	15.4%
2016	4	15.4%
2017	4	15.4%
2018	3	11.5%
2019	2	7.7%
2020	2	7.7%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	3	11.5%
2023	1	3.8%
2024	2	7.7%

Which technologies does General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

H03K - Pulse Technique 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

Top 15 of 15 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 Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #11,655 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc. against Grey Orange PTE. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.1/100 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

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.