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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Plasma Inc. ranks #31,756 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 Plasma Inc. hold?

General Plasma Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is General Plasma Inc.'s Innovation Score?

General Plasma Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.3 out of 100 (8th 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 Plasma Inc. focus on?

General Plasma Inc.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 6 patents, ranking #300 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

General Plasma Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Plasma Inc.'s patents?

General Plasma Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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 Plasma 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 US Corporation

General Plasma Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 4 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #31,756 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 4 technology areas.

#31,756
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.3/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31756 · US Corporation #31,756 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,756/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GEA Westfalia…
CPC-NARROW H01J · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH (±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 21.3 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 7.6 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (33%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
General Plasma · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows General's Innovation Score is 21.3/100 (8th 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 11.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 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 Plasma Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, General sits between GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH and Geneuro SA.

GEA Westfalia Sep…

8
GEE HOO Fitec

8
Gen1e Lifesciences

8
Gene Stream PTY

8
General Printing…

8
Genereach Biotech…

8
Genesis Technical…

8
Geneuro

8
General Plasma ◀

8

What this shows General holds 8 patents at rank #31,740, 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 #31,740 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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)

21 8th percentile higher than 8% 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 Plasma Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2016	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	2	25.0%

Which technologies does General Plasma Inc. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 6

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 4 of 4 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 Plasma Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Plasma Inc.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #31,756 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Plasma Inc. against GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.3/100 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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