Where does Abu Dhabi National Oil Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ranks #15,079 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 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company hold?

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's Innovation Score?

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has an Innovation Score of 51.6 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

What does claim depth mean for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's patents?

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's patents average 15.1 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 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company 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 Foreign Corporation

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Q: What technology areas does Abu Dhabi National Oil Company focus on?

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's top technology area is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells) with 13 patents, ranking #286 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Abu ranks #15,079 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 12 technology areas.

#15,079
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15079 · Foreign Corporation #15,079 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,079/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AbClonal Science
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AbClonal Science, Inc. (±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 Abu’s 51.6 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 10.3 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 12.2 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Abu's Innovation Score is 51.6/100 (top 11% 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 Abu?

Each dot is one of Abu’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). Abu’s own 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Abu's grants concentrate

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 68.4% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Abu sits between ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc. and Aclima Inc..

Abu's three-year grant acceleration

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows Abu holds 19 patents at rank #15,107, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Abu

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,107 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Abu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	5.3%
2021	1	5.3%
2022	2	10.5%
2023	6	31.6%
2024	7	36.8%
2025partial year	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Abu Dhabi National Oil Company patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 13

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

B01D - Separation 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

F24T - Geothermal COLLECTORS; Geothermal Systems 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 68.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #15,079 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Abu Dhabi National Oil Company against ATC Logistics & Electronics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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