Where does Delta SubSea LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Delta SubSea LLC ranks #19,659 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 Delta SubSea LLC hold?

Delta SubSea LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Delta SubSea LLC's Innovation Score?

Delta SubSea LLC has an Innovation Score of 49.4 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Delta SubSea LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Delta SubSea LLC's recent grant velocity is +1100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Delta SubSea LLC's patents?

Delta SubSea LLC's patents average 21.7 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 Delta SubSea 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

Delta SubSea LLC

Q: What technology areas does Delta SubSea LLC focus on?

Delta SubSea LLC's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 8 patents, ranking #241 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Delta ranks #19,659 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 15 technology areas.

#19,659
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.4/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: +1100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19659 · US Corporation #19,659 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,659/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Davis-Standard
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Davis-Standard, 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.

How Delta’s 49.4 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 9.4 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (27%) Breadth 13.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Delta SubSea · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Delta's Innovation Score is 49.4/100 (top 15% 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 Delta?

Each dot is one of Delta’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). Delta’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Delta's grants concentrate

Delta SubSea LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Delta sits between Davis-Standard, LLC and Digital Innovations LLC.

Delta's three-year grant acceleration

Delta SubSea LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Davis-standard

14
Dewalch

14
Deals Realm

14
Delstar

14
Depomed

14
Dexter Axle

14
Digi-star

14
Digital Innovatio…

14
Delta Subsea ◀

14

What this shows Delta holds 14 patents at rank #19,673, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Delta

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,673 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Delta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Delta SubSea LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	3	21.4%
2023	4	28.6%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Delta SubSea LLC patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 7

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 2

B09C - Reclamation OF Contaminated Soil 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

B01D - Separation 2

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 1

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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Delta SubSea LLC's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #19,659 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Delta SubSea LLC against Davis-Standard, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.4/100 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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