Advanced Upstream Ltd.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Advanced ranks #20,693 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 1 technology areas.
- #20,693
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 30%
- by Innovation Score (42.5/100)
- 16.5
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20693 · Foreign Corporation #20,693 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
- MID-PACK #20,693/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Advanced Animal…
- CPC-NARROW E21B · 1 areas
- INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Advanced Animal Diagnostics, 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 Advanced’s 42.5 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Advanced
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Advanced Upstream · this assignee
Advanced Upstream · this assignee
43 score
- Arc Suppression · near
Arc Suppression · near
43 score
- Humabs BioMed · near
Humabs BioMed · near
43 score
- Recurium IP Holdings · near
Recurium IP Holdings · near
43 score
- Sato Pharmaceutical · near
Sato Pharmaceutical · near
43 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Advanced's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 Advanced?
Each dot is one of Advanced’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). Advanced’s own 16.5 claims/patent is at or below the 18.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Advanced's grants concentrate
Advanced Upstream Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Advanced sits between Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc. and Akouos, Inc..
Advanced's three-year grant acceleration
Advanced Upstream Ltd. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.
Who files at Advanced's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Advanced Animal D…
Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc.
13 patents
- Advanced Cardiac…
Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc.
13 patents
- Advanced Composit…
Advanced Composite Structures, LLC
13 patents
- Advanced Silicon…
Advanced Silicon Group, Inc.
13 patents
- Air Liquide U S
Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP
13 patents
- Airgraft
Airgraft Inc.
13 patents
- Aivitae
Aivitae LLC
13 patents
- Akouos
Akouos, Inc.
13 patents
- Advanced Upstream ◀
Advanced Upstream Ltd.
13 patents
What this shows Advanced holds 13 patents at rank #20,751, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Advanced
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,751 in granted patent volume.
- Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc. #20,747 · 13 patents
- Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc. #20,748 · 13 patents
- Advanced Composite Structures, LLC #20,749 · 13 patents
- Advanced Silicon Group, Inc. #20,750 · 13 patents
- Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP #20,752 · 13 patents
- Airgraft Inc. #20,753 · 13 patents
- Aivitae LLC #20,754 · 13 patents
- Akouos, Inc. #20,755 · 13 patents
Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Advanced's primary technology class.
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 6,516 in class
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation 3,244 in class
- Saudi Arabian OIL Company 3,064 in class
- Baker Hughes Holdings LLC 1,273 in class
- Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC 1,107 in class
- Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC 829 in class
- Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC 598 in class
- Cameron International Corporation 514 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Advanced, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Advanced ranks #286 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).
Advanced's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2024 | 5 | 38.5% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 15.4% |
Which technologies does Advanced Upstream Ltd. patent most?
Top 1 of 1 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Advanced Upstream Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Advanced Upstream Ltd.'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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
- Ranked #20,693 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Advanced Upstream Ltd. against Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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.
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