Where does Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. ranks #21,179 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 Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. hold?

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 Geophysical Survey Systems, 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

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. focus on?

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 12 patents, ranking #463 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Geophysical ranks #21,179 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.

#21,179
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21179 · US Corporation #21,179 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,179/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH General Test Systems
CPC-NARROW G01S · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: General Test Systems 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 Geophysical’s 38.8 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 (23%) Velocity 11.1 pts (29%) Breadth 9.4 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Geophysical's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 Geophysical?

Each dot is one of Geophysical’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). Geophysical’s own 15.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Geophysical vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Geophysical's grants concentrate

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Geophysical sits between General Test Systems Inc. and Greater Shine Limited.

Geophysical's three-year grant acceleration

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. shows 5 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.

General Test Syst…

13
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13
Genome Research

13
Gensquare

13
Gilrose Pharmaceu…

13
GLW

13
Goldhofer

13
Greater Shine

13
Geophysical Surve… ◀

13

What this shows Geophysical holds 13 patents at rank #21,170, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Geophysical

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,170 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Geophysical's primary technology class.

Geophysical's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	30.8%
2017	1	7.7%
2019	2	15.4%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	3	23.1%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 12

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #21,179 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. against General Test Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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

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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

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