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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

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.