Where does Chevron U.S.A. Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Chevron U.S.A. Inc. ranks #363 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 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. hold?

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. holds 1,194 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 182 technology areas.

What is Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.7 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Chevron U.S.A. Inc. focus on?

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'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 400 patents, ranking #9 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 182 CPC subclasses total.

Is Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s patents?

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 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

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,194 granted patents across 182 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Chevron ranks #363 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,194 patents across 182 technology areas.

#363
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.7/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R363 · US Corporation #363 · 1,194 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #363/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Altera
CPC-WIDE E21B · 182 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Altera Corporation (±2 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 Chevron’s 65.7 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 24.5 pts (37%) Velocity 5.8 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ecolab USA · near

66
Henkel & KGaA · near

66
Kyocera · near

66
Strong Force TX… · near

66
Chevron U · this assignee

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Chevron's Innovation Score is 65.7/100 (top 1% 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 Chevron?

Each dot is one of Chevron’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). Chevron’s own 17.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Chevron's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. received 422 grants versus 696 in 2015–2019 (-39% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 173 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 68. Lead class E21B accounts for 33.5% of the portfolio across 182 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Magna Electronics Inc. (#359) and UOP LLC (#367).

Chevron's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. moved from 288 to 249 grants (0.86x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,609. See the growth leaderboard.

Magna

1,198
The United States…

1,197
X Development

1,197
Altera

1,196
Chevron U ◀

1,194
Canon Medical Sys…

1,191
Cummins

1,191
HRL Laboratories

1,188
UOP

1,188

What this shows Chevron holds 1,194 patents at rank #363, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Chevron

By rank, the assignees closest to #363 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Chevron, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Chevron ranks #9 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA 66 Ecolab USA Inc. 66 Kyocera Corporation 66 Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

MedImmune Limited 17.4 avg Unisys Corporation 17.4 avg NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited 17.4 avg Elekta AB (publ) 17.4 avg

Chevron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Chevron U.S.A. Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	173	14.5%
2016	139	11.6%
2017	161	13.5%
2018	108	9.0%
2019	115	9.6%
2020	81	6.8%
2021	92	7.7%
2022	92	7.7%
2023	89	7.5%
2024	68	5.7%
2025partial year	76	6.4%

Which technologies does Chevron U.S.A. Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 400

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 284

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 218

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 216

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 159

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 151

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 109

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 109

B01D - Separation 101

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 93

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 81

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 66

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 61

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 58

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 52

Top 15 of 182 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

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.'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), 33.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #363 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Chevron U.S.A. Inc. against Magna Electronics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.7/100 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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