Where does Aker Subsea AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aker Subsea AS ranks #11,529 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 Aker Subsea AS hold?

Aker Subsea AS holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Aker Subsea AS's Innovation Score?

Aker Subsea AS has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aker Subsea AS focus on?

Aker Subsea AS'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 22 patents, ranking #161 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aker Subsea AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aker Subsea AS's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Aker Subsea AS's patents?

Aker Subsea AS's patents average 10.7 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 Aker Subsea AS 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

Aker Subsea AS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Aker ranks #11,529 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 16 technology areas.

#11,529
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11529 · Foreign Corporation #11,529 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,529/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aero Industries
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aero Industries, 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 Aker’s 31.9 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 11.4 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (44%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Aker Subsea AS · this assignee

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ASM Assembly… · near

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Ibis Innotech · near

32
Redox Power Systems · near

32
Significs and Elements · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Aker's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th percentile 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 Aker?

Each dot is one of Aker’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). Aker’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Aker's grants concentrate

Aker Subsea AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 84.6% 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 2015 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Aker sits between AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. and Ancora Heart, Inc..

Avermedia

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Axcella Health

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Aero Industries

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Agri-cover

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Alfred Kaercher S…

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Allied Bioscience

26
American Piledriv…

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Ancora Heart

26
Aker Subsea AS ◀

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What this shows Aker holds 26 patents at rank #11,548, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aker

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,548 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Aker, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Aker ranks #161 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

ASM Assembly Systems Switzerland GmbH 32 Ibis Innotech Inc. 32 Redox Power Systems, LLC 32 Significs and Elements, LLC 32

Aker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Aker Subsea AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	50.0%
2016	6	23.1%
2017	6	23.1%
2018	1	3.8%

Which technologies does Aker Subsea AS patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 22

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 1

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

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Aker Subsea AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aker Subsea AS'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), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #11,529 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aker Subsea AS against AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.