Where does General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel ranks #40,393 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 Scientific Corporation/Surgitel hold?

General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel's Innovation Score?

General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel has an Innovation Score of 33.8 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel.

What does claim depth mean for General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel's patents?

General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel's patents average 12.0 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel

Q: What technology areas does General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel focus on?

General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel's top technology area is F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems) with 3 patents, ranking #230 of 722 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #40,393 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 14 technology areas.

#40,393
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.8/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40393 · US Corporation #40,393 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,393/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gel Cap
CPC-FOCUS F21W · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gel Cap Technologies, 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 33.8 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 6.7 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 13.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (21%)

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What this shows General's Innovation Score is 33.8/100 (46th 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 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 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 Scientific Corporation/Surgitel is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems). By volume, General sits between Gel Cap Technologies, LLC and GenomeDx Biosciences Inc..

General's three-year grant acceleration

General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows General holds 6 patents at rank #40,480, 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 #40,480 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k)

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)

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	33.3%
2022	2	33.3%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel patent most?

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 3

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 3

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Top 14 of 14 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 Scientific Corporation/Surgitel's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel's lead technology class is F21W (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21W
Ranked #40,393 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare General Scientific Corporation/Surgitel against Gel Cap Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.8/100 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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