Where does General Kinematics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Kinematics Corporation ranks #16,818 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 Kinematics Corporation hold?

General Kinematics Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is General Kinematics Corporation's Innovation Score?

General Kinematics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is General Kinematics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

General Kinematics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Kinematics Corporation's patents?

General Kinematics Corporation's patents average 15.2 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 Kinematics Corporation 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 US Corporation

General Kinematics Corporation

Q: What technology areas does General Kinematics Corporation focus on?

General Kinematics Corporation's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 9 patents, ranking #235 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 12 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #16,818 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 12 technology areas.

#16,818
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16818 · US Corporation #16,818 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,818/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Games Global…
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Games Global Operations Limited (±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 40.3 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 10.0 pts (25%) Velocity 8.9 pts (22%) Breadth 12.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Kinematics · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows General's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 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 Kinematics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 52.9% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, General sits between Gurunanda, LLC and Global Solar Energy, Inc..

General's three-year grant acceleration

General Kinematics Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Gurunanda

17
GWF Messsysteme

17
Games Global Oper…

17
Geneweave Bioscie…

17
Georama

17
Glasspoint Solar

17
Global Eagle Ente…

17
Global Solar Ener…

17
General Kinematics ◀

17

What this shows General holds 17 patents at rank #16,830, 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 #16,830 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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 36% higher than 64% 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 Kinematics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	3	17.6%
2017	3	17.6%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	1	5.9%
2022	3	17.6%
2024	1	5.9%

Which technologies does General Kinematics Corporation patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 9

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 7

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 6

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 2

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 1

C21B - Manufacture OF Iron OR Steel 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

Top 12 of 12 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 Kinematics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Kinematics Corporation's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #16,818 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Kinematics Corporation against Gurunanda, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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