Where does General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. ranks #47,001 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 for Medical Imaging S.A. hold?

General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.'s Innovation Score?

General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd 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 Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. focus on?

General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.'s top technology area is G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation) with 5 patents, ranking #115 of 460 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.'s patents?

General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.'s patents average 26.0 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 Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. 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 Foreign Corporation

General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #47,001 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#47,001
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 26.0
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47001 · Foreign Corporation #47,001 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,001/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GeneDesign
CPC-NARROW G01T · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GeneDesign, 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 29.9 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 6.2 pts (21%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (50%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Equipment… · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows General's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd 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 26.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 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 Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, General sits between GeneDesign, Inc. and Genesis Filters Inc.

Genedesign

5
Genedia Biotech

5
General Dynamics…

5
General Energy Re…

5
General Lighting

5
General Manufactu…

5
Genesis Biologics…

5
Genesis Filters

5
General Equipment… ◀

5

What this shows General holds 5 patents at rank #47,155, 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 #47,155 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation)

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)

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	40.0%
2020	2	40.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. patent most?

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 6 of 6 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 for Medical Imaging S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A.'s lead technology class is G01T (Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01T
Ranked #47,001 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Equipment for Medical Imaging S.A. against GeneDesign, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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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