Where does GES Associates LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GES Associates LLC ranks #47,035 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 GES Associates LLC hold?

GES Associates LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2018, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is GES Associates LLC's Innovation Score?

GES Associates LLC has an Innovation Score of 21.2 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GES Associates LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GES Associates LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 GES Associates LLC's patents?

GES Associates LLC's patents average 8.4 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 GES Associates LLC 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

GES Associates LLC

Q: What technology areas does GES Associates LLC focus on?

GES Associates LLC's top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2018. 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GES ranks #47,035 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#47,035
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.2/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47035 · US Corporation #47,035 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,035/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Geomatec
CPC-NARROW B65D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Geomatec 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GES Associates · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GES's Innovation Score is 21.2/100 (8th 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.

Where GES's grants concentrate

GES Associates LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, GES sits between Geomatec Co., Ltd. and Ggwp, Inc..

Geomatec

5
Geomni

5
Georg Fischer Wav…

5
Germitec

5
Gesa Form + Funkt…

5
Gevoto

5
GF Health Products

5
Ggwp

5
GES Associates ◀

5

What this shows GES holds 5 patents at rank #46,999, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GES

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,999 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

GES's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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GES Associates LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	80.0%
2018	1	20.0%

Which technologies does GES Associates LLC patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

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

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 1

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#47,035

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

GES Associates LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GES Associates LLC's lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #47,035 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GES Associates LLC against Geomatec Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.2/100 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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