GE Healthcare

GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. ("GE HealthCare," Nasdaq: GEHC) is a medical technology company headquartered at 500 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois. It became an independent, publicly traded company on January 4, 2023, when General Electric completed a tax-free spin-off of its healthcare business (GE distributed ~80.1% of shares and initially retained ~19.9%, later monetized). The business traces its roots to 1892 but was incorporated as a standalone entity in 2022. It reports roughly 53,000–54,000 employees and approximately $19.7 billion in FY2024 revenue.

Operations. GE HealthCare operates four reporting segments: Imaging (CT, MRI, molecular imaging, X-ray and mammography systems, plus clinical applications and service); Advanced Visualization Solutions (ultrasound, image-guided therapy and interventional solutions); Patient Care Solutions (patient monitoring, anesthesia delivery, respiratory care, diagnostic cardiology, maternal-infant care, consumables and services); and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics (contrast media and radiopharmaceuticals). It reports an installed base of more than 4 million pieces of equipment, a presence in over 160 countries, and annual R&D spending above $1 billion.

Litigation posture. This is an operating company, not an NPE. Its single tracked appearance is as petitioner — a defensive response, not an offensive assertion. The structured data shows 1 case as plaintiff, 0 as defendant, all at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board; at the time of filing (2019) GE Healthcare was still a GE division, which is why the caption reads "General Electric Co. et al."

Notable case. General Electric Co. et al. v. Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (PTAB, 2019) covers a set of inter partes reviews — IPR2019-00993 ('910 patent), IPR2019-01020 ('573) and IPR2019-01029 ('668) — directed at digital image-processing patents. The IPRs followed Monument Peak Ventures' infringement suit Monument Peak Ventures, LLC v. GE Healthcare, Inc., No. 3:18-cv-01158 (S.D. Cal.). Monument Peak Ventures is a Texas-based patent assertion entity and Dominion Harbor affiliate holding a former Eastman Kodak digital imaging portfolio acquired from Intellectual Ventures in 2017. The '029 IPR was instituted and later terminated after settlement (Nov. 2019); institution was denied in the '020 proceeding.