Overall rank by patents
#15,916
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, CNPC ranks #15,916 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 12 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15916 · Foreign Corporation #15,916 · 18 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Clevermade, Llc (±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
CNPC Engineering Tec… · this assignee
35 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #15,916 of 50,000; Innovation Score 35.1/100 sits in the top 50% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Clevermade, Llc (±0 grants).
CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited has been granted 18 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited at #15,916 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 12 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.6 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, CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, CNPC sits between Clevermade, Llc (18 patents, rank #15,894) and Controlrad Systems, Inc. (18 patents, rank #15,902) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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 15 grants, compared with 1 in the 2015–2019 window, a +1400% 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. CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited's 12.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 12 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 ◀
CLEVERMADE, LLC
18 patents
CLMBR1, LLC.
18 patents
CLOUDMINDS (SHANGHAI) ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
18 patents
CNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
18 patents
COMSOL AB
18 patents
CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES COMPANY IP, LLC
18 patents
CONTOUR DESIGN, INC.
18 patents
CONTROLRAD SYSTEMS, INC.
18 patents
CNPC Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited
18 patents
What this shows CNPC holds 18 patents at rank #15,898, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,898 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in CNPC's primary technology class.
CNPC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
35 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2020 | 5 | 27.8% |
| 2021 | 3 | 16.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2023 | 3 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 16.7% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 11.1% |
Top 12 of 12 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#15,916
of 50,000 tracked assignees
35.1 out of 100
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