Overall rank by patents
#8,820
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Helmerich ranks #8,820 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 18 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Helmerich & Payne · this assignee
55 score
Isuzu Motors · near
55 score
Promega · near
55 score
University OF Guelph · near
55 score
Cirkul · near
55 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Helmerich & Payne Technologies, Llc stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #8,820 of 50,000; Innovation Score 54.6/100 sits in the top 8% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Hahn-schickard-gesellschaft Für Angewandte Forschung E. V. (±0 grants).
Helmerich & Payne Technologies, Llc has been granted 36 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing Helmerich & Payne Technologies, Llc at #8,820 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 18 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 21.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in E21B (EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS). As a US Corporation, Helmerich & Payne Technologies, Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Helmerich sits between Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. (36 patents, rank #8,818) and Hübner Gmbh & Co. KG (36 patents, rank #8,826) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 54.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 27 grants, compared with 1 in the 2015–2019 window, a +2600% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Helmerich & Payne Technologies, Llc's 21.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 18 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
HIWIN MIKROSYSTEM CORP.
36 patents
HOPTO INC.
36 patents
HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
36 patents
Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für Angewandte Forschung e. V.
36 patents
Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc.
36 patents
Huntleigh Technology Limited
36 patents
HÖGANÄS AB (PUBL)
36 patents
HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG
36 patents
Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC
36 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #8,822 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Helmerich's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Helmerich, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).
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 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#8,820
of 50,000 tracked assignees
54.6 out of 100
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