Overall rank by patents
#13,917
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, China ranks #13,917 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 18 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R13917 · Foreign Corporation #13,917 · 21 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Celeno Communications (israel) Ltd. (±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
China Oilfield Servi… · this assignee
41 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows China Oilfield Services Limited stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-UP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #13,917 of 50,000; Innovation Score 41.1/100 sits in the top 34% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Celeno Communications (israel) Ltd. (±0 grants).
China Oilfield Services Limited has been granted 21 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing China Oilfield Services Limited at #13,917 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 18 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in E21B (EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS). As a Foreign Corporation, China Oilfield Services Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, China sits between Celeno Communications (israel) Ltd. (21 patents, rank #13,904) and Collibra Belgium BV (21 patents, rank #13,912) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 9 grants, compared with 8 in the 2015–2019 window, a +13% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. China Oilfield Services Limited's 12.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 18 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
CELENO COMMUNICATIONS (ISRAEL) LTD.
21 patents
CENTAUR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
21 patents
CG BIO CO., LTD.
21 patents
CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS, FINE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
21 patents
CHIROGATE INTERNATIONAL INC.
21 patents
CINOGY GMBH
21 patents
CLASSIC HOME & GARDEN, LLC.
21 patents
COLLIBRA BELGIUM BV
21 patents
CHINA OILFIELD SERVICES LIMITED
21 patents
What this shows China holds 21 patents at rank #13,908, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #13,908 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in China's primary technology class.
China's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 4.8% |
| 2018 | 3 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | 4 | 19.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | 9.5% |
| 2023 | 3 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 4 | 19.0% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 19.0% |
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#13,917
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.1 out of 100
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