Overall rank by patents
#21,173
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: H04B (TRANSMISSION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, General ranks #21,173 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21173 · Foreign Corporation #21,173 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Furukawa Rock Drill Co., Ltd. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
General TEST Systems · this assignee
35 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows General's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (top 50% 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.
General TEST Systems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under H04B (TRANSMISSION). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, General sits between Furukawa Rock Drill Co., Ltd. and Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Furukawa Rock Drill Co., Ltd.
13 patents
G.W. Lisk Company, Inc.
13 patents
GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
13 patents
GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE AND TACTICAL SYSTEMS—CANADA, INC.
13 patents
GENMAB B.V.
13 patents
GENOME RESEARCH LIMITED
13 patents
GENSQUARE LLC
13 patents
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY SYSTEMS, INC.
13 patents
GENERAL TEST SYSTEMS INC.
13 patents
What this shows General holds 13 patents at rank #21,166, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,166 in granted patent volume.
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)
35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2024 | 2 | 15.4% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,173
of 50,000 tracked assignees
35.0 out of 100
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