Overall rank by patents
#20,756
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 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: 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, Archer ranks #20,756 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20756 · Foreign Corporation #20,756 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: API Healthcare Corporation (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Archer Oiltools AS · this assignee
48 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Archer's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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.
Archer Oiltools AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 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 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Archer sits between API Healthcare Corporation and Armacell Enterprise Gmbh & Co. KG.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
API HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
13 patents
APOLLO PRECISION FUJIAN LIMITED
13 patents
APPLIED BRAIN RESEARCH INC.
13 patents
AQUA METALS INC.
13 patents
ARINC Incorporated
13 patents
ARKAMYS
13 patents
ARLANXEO NETHERLANDS B.V.
13 patents
ARMACELL ENTERPRISE GMBH & CO. KG
13 patents
ARCHER OILTOOLS AS
13 patents
What this shows Archer holds 13 patents at rank #20,717, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,717 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Archer's primary technology class.
Archer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2023 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.7% |
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,756
of 50,000 tracked assignees
47.7 out of 100
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