Where does Dril-Quip, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dril-Quip, Inc. ranks #4,556 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 Dril-Quip, Inc. hold?

Dril-Quip, Inc. holds 77 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Dril-Quip, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dril-Quip, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dril-Quip, Inc. focus on?

Dril-Quip, 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 75 patents, ranking #45 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dril-Quip, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dril-Quip, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Dril-Quip, Inc.'s patents?

Dril-Quip, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Dril-Quip, 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

Dril-Quip, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 77 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Dril-quip ranks #4,556 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 77 patents across 12 technology areas.

#4,556
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4556 · US Corporation #4,556 · 77 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 77 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,556/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Camso
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Camso Inc. (±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 Dril-quip’s 50.3 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 15.0 pts (30%) Velocity 11.5 pts (23%) Breadth 12.2 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Dril-Quip · this assignee

50
Sensia · near

50
The University of… · near

50
De Beers UK · near

50
Discover Financial… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dril-quip's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Dril-quip?

Each dot is one of Dril-quip’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). Dril-quip’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dril-quip's grants concentrate

Dril-Quip, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 97.4% 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 2023 (15 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2020. By volume, Dril-quip sits between Camso Inc. and GLO AB.

Dril-quip's three-year grant acceleration

Dril-Quip, Inc. shows 31 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Camso

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Cardiovascular Sy…

77
Credo Technology…

77
Dong-eui Universi…

77
Emulate

77
GAF Energy

77
GE Oil & Gas Pres…

77
GLO AB

77
Dril-quip ◀

77

What this shows Dril-Quip holds 77 patents at rank #4,556, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dril-Quip

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,556 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Dril-Quip's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dril-Quip, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Dril-Quip ranks #45 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Sensia LLC 50 The University of Newcastle 50 Discover Financial Services 50 De Beers UK Ltd 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

SF Motors, Inc. 19.2 avg Tibco Software Inc. 19.2 avg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen 19.2 avg Sony Corporation OF America 19.2 avg

Dril-quip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dril-Quip, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	10.4%
2016	7	9.1%
2017	7	9.1%
2018	6	7.8%
2019	8	10.4%
2020	5	6.5%
2021	5	6.5%
2022	10	13.0%
2023	15	19.5%
2024	6	7.8%

Which technologies does Dril-Quip, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 75

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 14

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 6

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

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

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Dril-Quip, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dril-Quip, 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), 97.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #4,556 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dril-Quip, Inc. against Camso Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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