Where does Epic OIL Extractors, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Epic OIL Extractors, LLC ranks #24,288 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 Epic OIL Extractors, LLC hold?

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's Innovation Score?

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.3 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's patents?

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's patents average 13.0 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 Epic OIL Extractors, 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

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Epic OIL Extractors, LLC focus on?

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's top technology area is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes) with 10 patents, ranking #116 of 504 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Epic ranks #24,288 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#24,288
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.3/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24288 · US Corporation #24,288 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,288/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Enig Associates
CPC-NARROW C10G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Enig Associates, 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 Epic’s 24.3 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 8.6 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (33%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Epic OIL Extractors · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Epic's Innovation Score is 24.3/100 (14th 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 Epic?

Each dot is one of Epic’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). Epic’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Epic's grants concentrate

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 90.9% of grants classified under C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Epic sits between Enig Associates, Inc. and Eurodrill GmbH.

Enig Associates

11
Envirosight

11
EOS of North Amer…

11
EPG (Engineered N…

11
Esbit Compagnie

11
Esol

11
Essex Furukawa Ma…

11
Eurodrill

11
Epic OIL Extracto… ◀

11

What this shows Epic holds 11 patents at rank #24,251, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Epic

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,251 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS)

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

Epic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Epic OIL Extractors, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	36.4%
2017	5	45.5%
2019	2	18.2%

Which technologies does Epic OIL Extractors, LLC patent most?

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Epic OIL Extractors, LLC's lead technology class is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS), 90.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10G
Ranked #24,288 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Epic OIL Extractors, LLC against Enig Associates, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.3/100 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

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