Where does Gilson SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gilson SAS ranks #12,947 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 Gilson SAS hold?

Gilson SAS holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Gilson SAS's Innovation Score?

Gilson SAS has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gilson SAS focus on?

Gilson SAS's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 21 patents, ranking #89 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gilson SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gilson SAS's recent grant velocity is +56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Gilson SAS's patents?

Gilson SAS's patents average 13.5 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 Gilson SAS 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

Gilson SAS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gilson ranks #12,947 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,947
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: +56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12947 · Foreign Corporation #12,947 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,947/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gelest
CPC-NARROW B01L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gelest Technologies, Inc. (±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 Gilson’s 32.2 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 11.0 pts (34%) Velocity 4.4 pts (14%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Gilson SAS · this assignee

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What this shows Gilson's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th 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 Gilson?

Each dot is one of Gilson’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). Gilson’s own 13.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gilson's grants concentrate

Gilson SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 91.3% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Gilson sits between Gelest Technologies, Inc. and Green Industry Innovators, L.L.C..

Gilson's three-year grant acceleration

Gilson SAS shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

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What this shows Gilson holds 23 patents at rank #12,943, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gilson

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,943 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Gilson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gilson SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.3%
2017	4	17.4%
2018	3	13.0%
2019	1	4.3%
2020	4	17.4%
2021	4	17.4%
2022	2	8.7%
2023	2	8.7%
2024	2	8.7%

Which technologies does Gilson SAS patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 21

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B01D - Separation 1

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Gilson SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gilson SAS's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 91.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #12,947 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gilson SAS against Gelest Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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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