Where does Gtherm Energy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gtherm Energy, Inc. ranks #47,219 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 Gtherm Energy, Inc. hold?

Gtherm Energy, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2020, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gtherm Energy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.3 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s patents?

Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s patents average 26.2 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 Gtherm Energy, 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

Gtherm Energy, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Gtherm Energy, Inc. focus on?

Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2020. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gtherm ranks #47,219 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#47,219
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.3/100): 26.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47219 · US Corporation #47,219 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,219/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Groupestahl
CPC-NARROW E21B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Groupestahl (±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
Gtherm Energy · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gtherm's Innovation Score is 27.3/100 (23rd 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.

Where Gtherm's grants concentrate

Gtherm Energy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Gtherm sits between Groupestahl and Guangdong Institute OF Applied Biological Resources.

Groupestahl

5
Gruber

5
GS Development AB

5
Gtat IP Holding

5
GTI Solutions Int…

5
Guangdong Galanz…

5
Guangdong Iceco E…

5
Guangdong Institu…

5
Gtherm Energy ◀

5

What this shows Gtherm holds 5 patents at rank #47,095, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gtherm

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,095 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Gtherm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2020

Grants by year

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

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Gtherm Energy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	80.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Gtherm Energy, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#47,219

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.3 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

Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gtherm Energy, Inc.'s lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #47,219 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gtherm Energy, Inc. against Groupestahl, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.3/100 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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