Company Analysis

Geospace Technologies Corporation (GEOS)

Nasdaq: GEOS · Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade5.0
◀ Past 4.9● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.2
1 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

28 patents granted to the 6 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Geospace Technologies Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
28
28 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
29
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
its own name, a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Measurement4
Optics1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Geospace Technologies Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
20 granted
16 published
Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in AU)
7 granted
3 published
Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
5 published
GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 published
Aquana LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
OYO GeoSpace Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (2)
GTC, Inc.
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 3 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
GTC, Inc.
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 15, 202412,117,576Networked system and method for passive monitoring, locating or characterizing activitiesMeasurementQuantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
Oct 3, 202311,774,613Systems and methods for seismic data acquisitionMeasurementGeospace Technologies Corporation
Aug 30, 202211,428,845System and method for sensing seismic acoustic signalsMeasurementQuantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
May 3, 202211,320,614Fiber optic sensor and system including a fiber of an optical cable as a sensor fiberOpticsGeospace Technologies Corporation
Mar 1, 202211,262,467Systems and methods for seismic data acquisitionMeasurementGeospace Technologies Corporation
Sep 22, 202010,782,443Optical filterMeasurementGeospace Technologies Corporation
Sep 3, 201910,401,513Systems and methods for acquiring and characterizing time varying signals of interestMeasurementQuantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
Jul 16, 201910,352,685Pressure insensitive interferometerMeasurementGeospace Technologies Corporation
Jun 4, 201910,310,110Systems and methods for seismic data acquisitionMeasurementGeospace Technologies Corporation
May 28, 201910,302,410Pressure-balanced seismic sensor packageMeasurementGeospace Technologies Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 21, 20252025/0264686Silk Screen Fabrication System and MethodOpticsGeospace Technologies Corporation
Jan 9, 20252025/0012939Networked System and Method for Passive Monitoring, Locating, or Characterizing ActivitiesMeasurementQuantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
Oct 17, 20242024/0345606Water Utility Demand Management for Reduction of Electrical Energy ConsumptionControlAquana LLC
May 19, 20222022/0155474SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITIONMeasurementGEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · patent 11,774,613 granted from it
Mar 24, 20222022/0091289Networked System and Method for Passive Monitoring, Locating or Characterizing ActivitiesMeasurementQuantum Technology Sciences, Inc. · patent 12,117,576 granted from it
Oct 21, 20212021/0325564System and Method for Sensing Seismic Acoustic SignalsMeasurementQuantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
Mar 25, 20212021/0088684SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING AND CHARACTERIZING TIME VARYING SIGNALS OF INTERESTMeasurementQuantum Technology Sciences, Inc.
Mar 5, 20202020/0073069FIBER OPTIC SENSOR AND SYSTEM INCLUDING A FIBER OF AN OPTICAL CABLE AS A SENSOR FIBEROpticsGEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · patent 11,320,614 granted from it
Jan 30, 20202020/0033492OMNI-DIRECTIONAL GEOPHONE WITH 10 HERTZ NATURAL FREQUENCYMeasurementGEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Aug 8, 20192019/0243015SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITIONMeasurementGEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · patent 11,262,467 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Control 1 · Measurement 1 · Optics 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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