Where does Devon Energy Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Devon Energy Corporation ranks #26,119 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 Devon Energy Corporation hold?

Devon Energy Corporation holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Devon Energy Corporation's Innovation Score?

Devon Energy Corporation has an Innovation Score of 35.1 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Devon Energy Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Devon Energy Corporation's recent grant velocity is +700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Devon Energy Corporation's patents?

Devon Energy Corporation's patents average 19.1 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 Devon Energy Corporation 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

Devon Energy Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Devon Energy Corporation focus on?

Devon Energy Corporation'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 7 patents, ranking #483 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 4 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Devon ranks #26,119 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 4 technology areas.

#26,119
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.1/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26119 · US Corporation #26,119 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,119/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DE Greef's Wagen-…
CPC-NARROW E21B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DE Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie-en Machinebouw B.V (±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 Devon’s 35.1 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 8.3 pts (24%) Velocity 8.3 pts (24%) Breadth 7.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Katcher · near

35
Advanced Technology… · near

35
Devon Energy · this assignee

35
General Dynamics-OTS · near

35
LG Siltron Incorpora… · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Devon's Innovation Score is 35.1/100 (top 50% 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 Devon?

Each dot is one of Devon’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). Devon’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Devon's grants concentrate

Devon Energy Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 70% 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 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Devon sits between DE Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie-en Machinebouw B.V and Digiwin Co., Ltd..

Devon's three-year grant acceleration

Devon Energy Corporation shows 5 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.

DE Greef's Wagen-…

10
Delta Energy & Co…

10
Deutsches Rheuma-…

10
Devar Entertainme…

10
Diagnostica Stago

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Diasorin S p A

10
Digital Check

10
Digiwin

10
Devon Energy ◀

10

What this shows Devon holds 10 patents at rank #26,101, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Devon

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,101 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Devon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Devon ranks #483 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

General Dynamics-OTS, Inc. 35 LG Siltron Incorporated 35 Advanced Technology Emission Solutions Inc. 35 Katcher LLC 35

Devon'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 49,997 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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Devon Energy Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	10.0%
2021	3	30.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	3	30.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Devon Energy Corporation patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 7

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

Top 4 of 4 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

Devon Energy Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Devon Energy Corporation'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), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #26,119 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Devon Energy Corporation against DE Greef's Wagen-, Carrosserie-en Machinebouw B.V, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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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