Where does General Fusion Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Fusion Inc. ranks #13,440 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 Fusion Inc. hold?

General Fusion Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is General Fusion Inc.'s Innovation Score?

General Fusion Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.0 out of 100 (top 37% 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 Fusion Inc. focus on?

General Fusion Inc.'s top technology area is G21B (Fusion Reactors) with 18 patents, ranking #3 of 29 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

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

General Fusion Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -31% 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 Fusion Inc.'s patents?

General Fusion Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 Fusion 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 Foreign Corporation

General Fusion Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: G21B (Fusion Reactors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #13,440 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 21 technology areas.

#13,440
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (40.0/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13440 · Foreign Corporation #13,440 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,440/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Galera Labs
CPC-FOCUS G21B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Galera Labs, LLC (±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 40.0 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 10.8 pts (27%) Velocity 2.9 pts (7%) Breadth 16.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Fusion · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows General's Innovation Score is 40.0/100 (top 37% 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 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 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 Fusion Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under G21B (Fusion Reactors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, General sits between Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare (UK) IP Limited and Global Marketing Enterprise (GME) Ltd..

General's three-year grant acceleration

General Fusion Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Glaxosmithkline C…

22
GPB Scientific

22
Gpsip

22
Galera Labs

22
Genesis Advanced…

22
Genesis Robotics…

22
Gestamp Hardtech…

22
Global Marketing…

22
General Fusion ◀

22

What this shows General holds 22 patents at rank #13,443, 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 #13,443 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G21B (Fusion Reactors)

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)

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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General Fusion Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	22.7%
2017	2	9.1%
2018	5	22.7%
2019	1	4.5%
2020	3	13.6%
2021	3	13.6%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	1	4.5%

Which technologies does General Fusion Inc. patent most?

G21B - Fusion Reactors 18

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 16

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 3

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

F42D - Blasting 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

Top 15 of 21 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 Fusion Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Fusion Inc.'s lead technology class is G21B (Fusion Reactors), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G21B
Ranked #13,440 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Fusion Inc. against Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare (UK) IP Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.0/100 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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