Where does Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company ranks #535 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 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company hold?

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company holds 841 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 145 technology areas.

What is Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company's Innovation Score?

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company has an Innovation Score of 63.0 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company's recent grant velocity is -51% 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 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company's patents?

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company's patents average 20.8 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 Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company 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

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

Q: What technology areas does Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company focus on?

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company'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 350 patents, ranking #10 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 145 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 841 granted patents across 145 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Exxonmobil ranks #535 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 841 patents across 145 technology areas.

#535
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.0/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: -51%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R535 · US Corporation #535 · 841 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 841 grants
TOP-DECILE #535/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chongqing BOE…
CPC-WIDE E21B · 145 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -51% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Exxonmobil’s 63.0 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 23.3 pts (37%) Velocity 2.2 pts (3%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exxonmobil Upstream… · this assignee

63
Hoya · near

63
Tsmc Nanjing · near

63
Hill Phoenix · near

63
The Mitre · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Exxonmobil's Innovation Score is 63.0/100 (top 2% 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 Exxonmobil?

Each dot is one of Exxonmobil’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). Exxonmobil’s own 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Exxonmobil's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company received 275 grants versus 565 in 2015–2019 (-51% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 134 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 13. Lead class E21B accounts for 41.6% of the portfolio across 145 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Open Invention Network LLC NC (#531) and Corning Optical Communications LLC (#539).

Exxonmobil's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company moved from 302 to 101 grants (0.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,959. See the growth leaderboard.

Open Invention Ne…

845
Hilti Aktiengesel…

842
Nippon Steel & Su…

842
Chongqing BOE Opt…

841
Exxonmobil Upstre… ◀

841
Conopco

831
ABL IP Holding

830
The Gillette

830
Corning Optical C…

828

What this shows Exxonmobil holds 841 patents at rank #535, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Exxonmobil

By rank, the assignees closest to #535 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Exxonmobil, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Exxonmobil ranks #10 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Hoya Corporation 63 Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited 63 The Mitre Corporation 63 Hill Phoenix, Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.8 here).

Elekta Limited 20.8 avg Corning Cable Systems LLC 20.8 avg Nucor Corporation 20.8 avg CSC Holdings, LLC 20.8 avg

Exxonmobil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	78	9.3%
2016	95	11.3%
2017	130	15.5%
2018	134	15.9%
2019	128	15.2%
2020	96	11.4%
2021	78	9.3%
2022	88	10.5%
2023	13	1.5%
2025partial year	1	0.1%

Which technologies does Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 350

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 252

B01D - Separation 132

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 91

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 89

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 76

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 75

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 69

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 63

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 59

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 49

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 43

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 38

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 30

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 29

Top 15 of 145 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

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company'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), 41.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #535 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company against Open Invention Network LLC NC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.0/100 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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