Where does General Photonics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Photonics Corporation ranks #21,172 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 Photonics Corporation hold?

General Photonics Corporation holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is General Photonics Corporation's Innovation Score?

General Photonics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

General Photonics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Photonics Corporation's patents?

General Photonics Corporation's patents average 17.3 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 Photonics 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 Photonics Corporation

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

General Photonics Corporation's top technology area is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #162 of 1,420 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #21,172 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#21,172
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21172 · US Corporation #21,172 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,172/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GatesAir
CPC-FOCUS G01M · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GatesAir, 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 31.8 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 9.1 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Photonics · this assignee

32
Micro Turbine… · near

32
Numascale AS · near

32
Zerto · near

32
Bandai Namco Games · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows General's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th 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 17.3 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 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 Photonics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, General sits between GatesAir, Inc. and Gerflor.

Gatesair

13
Gel Blaster

13
Gemini Group

13
General Graphene

13
Geneva

13
Genius Sports SS

13
Geovax

13
Gerflor

13
General Photonics ◀

13

What this shows General holds 13 patents at rank #21,188, 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 #21,188 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures)

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 G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures), General ranks #162 of 1,420 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Zerto Ltd. 32 Micro Turbine Technology B.V. 32 Numascale AS 32 Bandai Namco Games Inc. 32

General's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Photonics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	5	38.5%
2018	1	7.7%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	3	23.1%
2021	1	7.7%

Which technologies does General Photonics Corporation patent most?

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

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 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

H04B - Transmission 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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 Photonics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Photonics Corporation's lead technology class is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01M
Ranked #21,172 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Photonics Corporation against GatesAir, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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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