Where does Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC ranks #35,186 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 Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC hold?

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC's Innovation Score?

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.8 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC's patents?

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC's patents average 26.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC

Q: What technology areas does Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC focus on?

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC'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 6 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Encline Artificial Lift Technologies 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: 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, Encline ranks #35,186 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#35,186
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.8/100): 26.1
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35186 · US Corporation #35,186 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,186/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Emo Labs
CPC-NARROW E21B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Emo Labs, 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 Encline’s 30.8 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (49%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Encline Artificial… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Encline's Innovation Score is 30.8/100 (36th percentile 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 Encline?

Each dot is one of Encline’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). Encline’s own 26.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Encline's grants concentrate

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Encline sits between Emo Labs, Inc. and Endurance International Group, Inc..

Emo Labs

7
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7
Empirical Spine

7
Entouch Controls

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7
Encycle

7
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7
Endurance Interna…

7
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7

What this shows Encline holds 7 patents at rank #35,220, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Encline

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,220 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Encline's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

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

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Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	3	42.9%
2021	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC patent most?

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

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

B01D - Separation 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC'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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #35,186 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Encline Artificial Lift Technologies LLC against Emo Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.8/100 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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