Where does Global Filtration Systems rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Global Filtration Systems ranks #9,270 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 Global Filtration Systems hold?

Global Filtration Systems holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Global Filtration Systems's Innovation Score?

Global Filtration Systems has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Global Filtration Systems's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Global Filtration Systems's recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Global Filtration Systems's patents?

Global Filtration Systems's patents average 21.5 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 Global Filtration Systems 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

Global Filtration Systems

Q: What technology areas does Global Filtration Systems focus on?

Global Filtration Systems's top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 34 patents, ranking #183 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 7 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Global ranks #9,270 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 7 technology areas.

#9,270
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9270 · US Corporation #9,270 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,270/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Germans Boada
CPC-NARROW B29C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Germans Boada, S.A. (±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 Global’s 36.5 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 12.3 pts (34%) Velocity 2.0 pts (5%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Yukizai · near

37
Avtechtyee · near

37
Global Filtration… · this assignee

37
J VAN Walraven… · near

37
Sophia & William… · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Global's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Global?

Each dot is one of Global’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). Global’s own 21.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Global's grants concentrate

Global Filtration Systems is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Global sits between Germans Boada, S.A. and Highlife SAS.

Global's three-year grant acceleration

Global Filtration Systems shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Germans Boada

34
Glenfly Technology

34
Guala Dispensing…

34
Glassimetal Techn…

34
Global Oled Techn…

34
Guala Pack S P A

34
Harris Global Com…

34
Highlife SAS

34
Global Filtration… ◀

34

What this shows Global holds 34 patents at rank #9,271, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Global

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,271 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Global, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics), Global ranks #183 of 4,378 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Sophia & William Brands Co. Ltd 37 J. VAN Walraven Holding B.V. 37 Asahi Yukizai Corporation 37 Avtechtyee, Inc. 37

Global's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Global Filtration Systems patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	14.7%
2016	2	5.9%
2017	4	11.8%
2018	10	29.4%
2019	5	14.7%
2020	3	8.8%
2021	2	5.9%
2022	2	5.9%
2023	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Global Filtration Systems patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 34

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 33

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 16

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 10

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Global Filtration Systems's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Global Filtration Systems's lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #9,270 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Global Filtration Systems against Germans Boada, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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.

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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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