Where does The GSI Group, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The GSI Group, LLC ranks #8,490 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 The GSI Group, LLC hold?

The GSI Group, LLC holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is The GSI Group, LLC's Innovation Score?

The GSI Group, LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.3 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The GSI Group, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The GSI Group, LLC's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for The GSI Group, LLC's patents?

The GSI Group, LLC's patents average 9.9 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 The GSI Group, LLC 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

The GSI Group, LLC

Q: What technology areas does The GSI Group, LLC focus on?

The GSI Group, LLC's top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 18 patents, ranking #44 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #8,490 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 34 technology areas.

#8,490
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.3/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8490 · US Corporation #8,490 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,490/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiheiyo Cement
CPC-FOCUS A01K · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (±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 The’s 45.3 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 12.7 pts (28%) Velocity 6.1 pts (13%) Breadth 20.6 pts (45%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carmel-haifa… · near

45
Delos Living · near

45
Fujimori Kogyo · near

45
Itron Networked… · near

45
The GSI Group · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 45.3/100 (top 23% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The GSI Group, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 47.4% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, The sits between Trumpf Huettinger GMBH + Co. KG and Torqeedo GmbH.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The GSI Group, LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Trumpf Huettinger…

38
Tsmc Solid State…

38
Taiheiyo Cement

38
Tekion

38
The USA as repres…

38
The University of…

38
Tokamak Energy

38
Torqeedo

38
The GSI Group ◀

38

What this shows The holds 38 patents at rank #8,497, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,497 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01K (Animal Husbandry), The ranks #44 of 1,035 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Carmel-haifa University Economic Corporation Ltd. 45 Itron Networked Solutions, Inc. 45 Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. 45 Delos Living LLC 45

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The GSI Group, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	15.8%
2016	6	15.8%
2018	1	2.6%
2019	4	10.5%
2020	5	13.2%
2021	2	5.3%
2022	5	13.2%
2023	5	13.2%
2025partial year	4	10.5%

Which technologies does The GSI Group, LLC patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 18

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 11

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 4

G01G - Weighing 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 2

F16H - Gearing 2

Top 15 of 34 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

The GSI Group, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The GSI Group, LLC's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #8,490 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The GSI Group, LLC against Trumpf Huettinger GMBH + Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.3/100 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

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