Where does Gfpi SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gfpi SA ranks #28,852 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 Gfpi SA hold?

Gfpi SA holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Gfpi SA's Innovation Score?

Gfpi SA has an Innovation Score of 35.1 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gfpi SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gfpi SA's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Gfpi SA's patents?

Gfpi SA's patents average 12.9 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 Gfpi SA 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 Foreign Corporation

Gfpi SA

Q: What technology areas does Gfpi SA focus on?

Gfpi SA's top technology area is G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 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: G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gfpi ranks #28,852 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#28,852
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.1/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28852 · Foreign Corporation #28,852 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,852/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gentherm Automotive…
CPC-NARROW G04B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) 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
Gfpi · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gfpi's Innovation Score is 35.1/100 (top 50% 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 Gfpi's grants concentrate

Gfpi SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Gfpi sits between Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd. and Gimatic S.R.L..

Gfpi's three-year grant acceleration

Gfpi SA shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Gentherm Automoti…

9
Geomagical Labs

9
George TFE SCP

9
Gfbiochemicals IP…

9
GI Innovation

9
GI Supply

9
Gianni Versace S…

9
Gimatic S R L

9
Gfpi ◀

9

What this shows Gfpi holds 9 patents at rank #28,822, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gfpi

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,822 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR Watches)

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

Gfpi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% 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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Gfpi SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	33.3%
2016	2	22.2%
2017	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Gfpi SA patent most?

G04B - Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars 9

G04D - Apparatus OR Tools Specially Designed FOR Making OR Maintaining Clocks OR Watches 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#28,852

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.1 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

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Gfpi SA's lead technology class is G04B (Mechanically-driven Clocks OR WATCHES; Mechanical Parts OF Clocks OR Watches IN GENERAL; Time Pieces Using THE Position OF THE SUN, Moon OR Stars), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G04B
Ranked #28,852 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gfpi SA against Gentherm Automotive Systems (CHINA) Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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

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.