Where does Acergy France SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Acergy France SAS ranks #6,304 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 Acergy France SAS hold?

Acergy France SAS holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Acergy France SAS's Innovation Score?

Acergy France SAS has an Innovation Score of 50.4 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Acergy France SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Acergy France SAS's recent grant velocity is -8% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Acergy France SAS's patents?

Acergy France SAS's patents average 21.6 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 Acergy France SAS 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

Acergy France SAS

Q: What technology areas does Acergy France SAS focus on?

Acergy France SAS's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 38 patents, ranking #40 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Acergy ranks #6,304 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 29 technology areas.

#6,304
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6304 · Foreign Corporation #6,304 · 53 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,304/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 128 Technology
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 128 Technology, 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 Acergy’s 50.4 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 13.8 pts (27%) Velocity 4.7 pts (9%) Breadth 19.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acergy France SAS · this assignee

50
Elevation Lab · near

50
Informatica · near

50
Lotte Advanced… · near

50
Sukup Manufacturing · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Acergy's Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 Acergy?

Each dot is one of Acergy’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). Acergy’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Acergy's grants concentrate

Acergy France SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 71.7% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Acergy sits between Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. and Ambrx, Inc..

Acergy's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Acergy France SAS moved from 20 to 14 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Zimmer Knee Creat…

54
Zymogenetics

54
eys3d Microelectr…

54
128 Technology

53
Advansix Resins &…

53
Ambiq Micro

53
Alitheon

53
Ambrx

53
Acergy France SAS ◀

53

What this shows Acergy holds 53 patents at rank #6,304, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Acergy

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,304 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Acergy, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), Acergy ranks #40 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Sukup Manufacturing Co. 50 Informatica LLC 50 Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. 50 Elevation Lab, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.6 here).

Orbital ATK, Inc. 21.6 avg PTC Inc. 21.6 avg Abbyy Development Inc. 21.6 avg Wix.com Ltd. 21.6 avg

Acergy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Acergy France SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	7.5%
2016	3	5.7%
2017	1	1.9%
2018	8	15.1%
2019	10	18.9%
2020	7	13.2%
2021	3	5.7%
2022	6	11.3%
2023	4	7.5%
2024	4	7.5%
2025partial year	3	5.7%

Which technologies does Acergy France SAS patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 38

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 19

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 9

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 9

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 6

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 4

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Acergy France SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Acergy France SAS's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 71.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #6,304 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Acergy France SAS against Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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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