General Electric Company
51,898Patents
23,605Active
51,898Granted
56Portfolio score
Filing activity: Aug 11, 1952 → Apr 25, 2025 · 6,366 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4169990A | Electronically commutated motor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1,533 | Expired |
| US5080556A | Thermal seal for a gas turbine spacer disc | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1,505 | Expired |
| US4965709A | Switching converter with pseudo-resonant DC link | Electricity | 1,376 | Expired |
| US6895176B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling electronically commutated motor operating characteristics | Electricity | 885 | Expired |
| USD806108S1 | Display screen portion with graphical user interface for a healthcare command center computing system | General | 864 | Active |
| USD803234S1 | Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface | General | 862 | Active |
| US5353498A | Method for fabricating an integrated circuit module | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 844 | Expired |
| USD848473S1 | Display screen with transitional graphical user interface | General | 836 | Active |
| US4459519A | Electronically commutated motor systems and control therefor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 790 | Expired |
| US5211165A | Tracking system to follow the position and orientation of a device with radiofrequency field gradients | Human Necessities | 727 | Expired |
| US8324585B2 | Digital image detector | Human Necessities | 671 | Active |
| US5526812A | Display system for enhancing visualization of body structures during medical procedures | Physics | 544 | Expired |
| US6441723B1 | Highly reliable power line communications system | Electricity | 543 | Expired |
| US4857382A | Apparatus and method for photoetching of polyimides, polycarbonates and polyetherimides | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 531 | Expired |
| US5696907A | System and method for performing risk and credit analysis of financial service applications | Physics | 525 | Expired |
| US6296909A | Method for thermally spraying crack-free mullite coatings on ceramic-based substrates | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 519 | Expired |
| US5377678A | Tracking system to follow the position and orientation of a device with radiofrequency fields | Human Necessities | 513 | Expired |
| US4016866A | Implantable electrochemical sensor | Human Necessities | 496 | Expired |
| US6782287B2 | Method and apparatus for tracking a medical instrument based on image registration | Human Necessities | 496 | Expired |
| US5848115A | Computed tomography metrology | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 492 | Expired |
| US5137286A | Permanent magnet floating shaft seal | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 477 | Expired |
| US6982046B2 | Light sources with nanometer-sized VUV radiation-absorbing phosphors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 468 | Expired |
| US5318025A | Tracking system to monitor the position and orientation of a device using multiplexed magnetic resonance detection | Physics | 453 | Expired |
| US5934288A | Method and apparatus for displaying 3D ultrasound data using three modes of operation | Human Necessities | 452 | Expired |
| US5437277A | Inductively coupled RF tracking system for use in invasive imaging of a living body | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 446 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.