Where does Cactus Wellhead, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cactus Wellhead, LLC ranks #15,167 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 Cactus Wellhead, LLC hold?

Cactus Wellhead, LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Cactus Wellhead, LLC's Innovation Score?

Cactus Wellhead, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Cactus Wellhead, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cactus Wellhead, LLC's recent grant velocity is +333% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cactus Wellhead, LLC's patents?

Cactus Wellhead, LLC's patents average 14.8 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 Cactus Wellhead, LLC 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 US Corporation

Cactus Wellhead, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Cactus Wellhead, LLC focus on?

Cactus Wellhead, LLC'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 14 patents, ranking #261 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Cactus ranks #15,167 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 5 technology areas.

#15,167
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +333%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15167 · US Corporation #15,167 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,167/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Brain Sentinel
CPC-NARROW E21B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +333% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Brain Sentinel, 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 Cactus’s 47.2 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 (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 7.9 pts (17%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cactus Wellhead · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cactus's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 Cactus?

Each dot is one of Cactus’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). Cactus’s own 14.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cactus's grants concentrate

Cactus Wellhead, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 73.7% 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 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Cactus sits between Brain Sentinel, Inc. and Cellos Software Ltd.

Cactus's three-year grant acceleration

Cactus Wellhead, LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Brain Sentinel

19
Branded Garden Pr…

19
Brex

19
British Gas Tradi…

19
Caliber Imaging &…

19
CAM

19
Cayman Chemical

19
Cellos Software

19
Cactus Wellhead ◀

19

What this shows Cactus holds 19 patents at rank #15,167, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cactus

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,167 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Cactus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cactus Wellhead, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.3%
2018	2	10.5%
2021	3	15.8%
2022	3	15.8%
2023	3	15.8%
2024	4	21.1%
2025partial year	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Cactus Wellhead, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 14

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16N - Lubricating 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Cactus Wellhead, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cactus Wellhead, LLC'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), 73.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #15,167 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cactus Wellhead, LLC against Brain Sentinel, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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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