USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 17 technology areas, active 2015–2020. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

26.9

Avg claims per patent

-80%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Georgetown holds 12 US patents across 17 technology areas, rank #22,629 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#22,629
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 26.9
avg claims per patent: -80%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company has been granted 12 US utility patents between 2015 and 2020, placing Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company at rank #22,629 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 17 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 26.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). As a US Corporation, Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Georgetown sits between General Packer Co., Ltd. (12 patents, rank #22,625) and Gildemeister Italiana S.p.a. (12 patents, rank #22,633) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 38.4/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 2 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a -80% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company's 26.9 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while concentration in 17 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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12

What this shows Georgetown holds 12 patents at rank #22,629, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Georgetown

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,629 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Georgetown's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	33.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company patent most?

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 4

B61K - AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 4

E01B - PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS 4

B61L - GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC 3

B61D - BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES 3

G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS 2

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 2

G01M - TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2

B65G - TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS 2

G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS 1

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 1

G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE 1

G21K - TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Focused

Claim Depth Complex

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#22,629

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company hold?

Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company holds 12 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2020, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company's Innovation Score?

Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company focus on?

Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company's top technology area is G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES) with 4 patents. The company has filed patents in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company's recent filing velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company's patents?

Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company's patents average 26.9 claims each. This indicates complex, broadly scoped patents that are harder for competitors to design around.

How is the Georgetown RAIL Equipment Company 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.

How to use this portfolio

Georgetown's 12 grants land it in the top 41% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Georgetown ranks #22,629 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G01N - see who else leads that technology area. G01N leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.