Where does GFI Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GFI Group, Inc. ranks #40,418 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 GFI Group, Inc. hold?

GFI Group, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is GFI Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

GFI Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.2 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GFI Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GFI Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GFI Group, Inc.'s patents?

GFI Group, Inc.'s patents average 22.2 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 GFI Group, 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

GFI Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does GFI Group, Inc. focus on?

GFI Group, Inc.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 6 patents, ranking #2,038 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, GFI ranks #40,418 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 1 technology areas.

#40,418
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40418 · US Corporation #40,418 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,418/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Geovision
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Geovision 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.

How GFI’s 30.2 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 6.7 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 3.5 pts (12%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GFI Group · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GFI's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (34th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for GFI?

Each dot is one of GFI’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). GFI’s own 22.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where GFI's grants concentrate

GFI Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, GFI sits between Geovision Co., Ltd. and GI Bionics, LLC.

GFI's three-year grant acceleration

GFI Group, Inc. shows 3 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.

Geovision

6
Gesipa Blindniett…

6
GEW (EC)

6
Gewa music

6
Ggumbi

6
Gharda Chemicals

6
GHP Group

6
GI Bionics

6
GFI Group ◀

6

What this shows GFI holds 6 patents at rank #40,381, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GFI

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,381 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

GFI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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GFI Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	2	33.3%

Which technologies does GFI Group, Inc. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Top 1 of 1 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

GFI Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GFI Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #40,418 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GFI Group, Inc. against Geovision Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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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