Where does Geospace Technologies Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Geospace Technologies Corporation ranks #17,695 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 Geospace Technologies Corporation hold?

Geospace Technologies Corporation holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Geospace Technologies Corporation's Innovation Score?

Geospace Technologies Corporation has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Geospace Technologies Corporation focus on?

Geospace Technologies Corporation's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 13 patents, ranking #81 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Geospace Technologies Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Geospace Technologies Corporation's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Geospace Technologies Corporation's patents?

Geospace Technologies Corporation's patents average 16.4 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 Geospace Technologies Corporation 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

Geospace Technologies Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Geospace ranks #17,695 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 14 technology areas.

#17,695
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17695 · US Corporation #17,695 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,695/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gartneriet PKM A/S
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gartneriet PKM A/S (±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 Geospace’s 36.9 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 9.8 pts (27%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 13.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buster and Punch · near

37
Geospace · this assignee

37
Joyetech Europe… · near

37
Kuhn · near

37
Lehigh · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Geospace's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Geospace?

Each dot is one of Geospace’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). Geospace’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Geospace's grants concentrate

Geospace Technologies Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Geospace sits between Gartneriet PKM A/S and Givewith LLC.

Geospace's three-year grant acceleration

Geospace Technologies Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Gartneriet PKM A/S

16
Gehring +

16
Gelliner

16
Genxcomm

16
Gerhard D Wempe KG

16
Giatec Scientific

16
Gilead Apollo

16
Givewith

16
Geospace ◀

16

What this shows Geospace holds 16 patents at rank #17,703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Geospace

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Geospace, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01V (Geophysics), Geospace ranks #81 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Lehigh Technologies, Inc. 37 Kuhn S.A. 37 Buster and Punch Limited 37 Joyetech Europe Holding GmbH 37

Geospace's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Geospace Technologies Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	5	31.3%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Geospace Technologies Corporation patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 13

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 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

Geospace Technologies Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Geospace Technologies Corporation's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #17,695 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Geospace Technologies Corporation against Gartneriet PKM A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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