Where does Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC ranks #8,820 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 Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC hold?

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is +2600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC's patents?

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC's patents average 21.8 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 Helmerich & Payne 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC focus on?

Helmerich & Payne 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 36 patents, ranking #94 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Helmerich ranks #8,820 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 18 technology areas.

#8,820
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: +2600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8820 · US Corporation #8,820 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,820/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hahn-Schickard-Gesel…
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +2600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für Angewandte Forschung e. V. (±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 Helmerich’s 54.6 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 12.5 pts (23%) Velocity 14.1 pts (26%) Breadth 15.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Helmerich & Payne · this assignee

55
Isuzu Motors · near

55
Promega · near

55
University OF Guelph · near

55
Cirkul · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Helmerich's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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 Helmerich?

Each dot is one of Helmerich’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). Helmerich’s own 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Helmerich's grants concentrate

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 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 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Helmerich sits between Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. and HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG.

Helmerich's three-year grant acceleration

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Hiwin Mikrosystem

36
Hopto

36
Hunan University…

36
Hahn-schickard-ge…

36
Humanetics Innova…

36
Huntleigh Technol…

36
HÖGANÄS AB (PUBL)

36
HÜBNER & KG

36
Helmerich & Payne ◀

36

What this shows Helmerich holds 36 patents at rank #8,822, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Helmerich

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,822 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Helmerich, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Helmerich ranks #94 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

University OF Guelph 55 Promega Corporation 55 Isuzu Motors Limited 55 Cirkul, Inc. 55

Helmerich's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	2.8%
2020	2	5.6%
2021	6	16.7%
2022	3	8.3%
2023	5	13.9%
2024	11	30.6%
2025partial year	8	22.2%

Which technologies does Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 36

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

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

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

F23D - Burners 1

F24T - Geothermal COLLECTORS; Geothermal Systems 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Helmerich & Payne 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 #8,820 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC against Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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