Where does Drilling Info, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Drilling Info, Inc. ranks #21,028 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Drilling Info, Inc. hold?

Drilling Info, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Drilling Info, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Drilling Info, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (top 58% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Drilling Info, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Drilling Info, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Drilling Info, Inc.'s patents?

Drilling Info, Inc.'s patents average 25.0 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 Drilling Info, 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

Drilling Info, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Drilling Info, Inc. focus on?

Drilling Info, Inc.'s top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Drilling ranks #21,028 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.

#21,028
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 58%
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 25.0
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21028 · US Corporation #21,028 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,028/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Domino UK
CPC-NARROW G01V · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Domino UK Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Drilling Info · this assignee

33
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Drilling's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (top 58% 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.

Where Drilling's grants concentrate

Drilling Info, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Drilling sits between Domino UK Limited and E+e Elektronik Ges.m.b.h..

Domino UK

13
Donati S p A

13
Dover Microsystems

13
Dr Pepper/Seven Up

13
Drive Devilbiss H…

13
Drone Racing Leag…

13
E*Trade Financial…

13
E+E Elektronik GE…

13
Drilling Info ◀

13

What this shows Drilling holds 13 patents at rank #21,032, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Drilling

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,032 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Drilling's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 Top 58% higher than 42% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Drilling Info, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	1	7.7%
2019	4	30.8%
2020	5	38.5%
2021	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Drilling Info, Inc. patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS 7

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 5

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 5

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 3

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 3

G06Q - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,028

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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