Where does Global Inkjet Systems Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Global Inkjet Systems Limited ranks #40,444 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 Inkjet Systems Limited hold?

Global Inkjet Systems Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Global Inkjet Systems Limited's Innovation Score?

Global Inkjet Systems Limited has an Innovation Score of 45.9 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Global Inkjet Systems Limited'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 Global Inkjet Systems Limited's patents?

Global Inkjet Systems Limited's patents average 16.3 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 Inkjet Systems Limited 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

Global Inkjet Systems Limited

Q: What technology areas does Global Inkjet Systems Limited focus on?

Global Inkjet Systems Limited's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 6 patents, ranking #177 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Global ranks #40,444 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#40,444
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.9/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40444 · Foreign Corporation #40,444 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,444/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Glatt Maschinen—und…
CPC-NARROW B41J · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Glatt Maschinen—und Apparatebau AG (±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 45.9 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 (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 9.4 pts (20%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Global Inkjet Systems · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Global's Innovation Score is 45.9/100 (top 22% 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 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 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 Inkjet Systems Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Global sits between Glatt Maschinen—und Apparatebau AG and Globalstar, Inc..

Global's three-year grant acceleration

Global Inkjet Systems Limited shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Glatt Maschinen—u…

6
Glenmark Life Sci…

6
Global Agricultur…

6
Global Dental Imp…

6
Global Resources…

6
Global Sports Inn…

6
Globalforce IP

6
Globalstar

6
Global Inkjet Sys… ◀

6

What this shows Global holds 6 patents at rank #40,504, 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 #40,504 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Global's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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Global Inkjet Systems Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2022	2	33.3%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Global Inkjet Systems Limited patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 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 Inkjet Systems Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Global Inkjet Systems Limited's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #40,444 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Global Inkjet Systems Limited against Glatt Maschinen—und Apparatebau AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.9/100 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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