Where does Highland Natural Resources, PLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Highland Natural Resources, PLC ranks #31,911 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 Highland Natural Resources, PLC hold?

Highland Natural Resources, PLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Highland Natural Resources, PLC's Innovation Score?

Highland Natural Resources, PLC has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Highland Natural Resources, PLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Highland Natural Resources, PLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Highland Natural Resources, PLC's patents?

Highland Natural Resources, PLC's patents average 26.8 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 Highland Natural Resources, PLC 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 Foreign Corporation

Highland Natural Resources, PLC

Q: What technology areas does Highland Natural Resources, PLC focus on?

Highland Natural Resources, PLC'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 8 patents, ranking #449 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Highland ranks #31,911 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#31,911
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 26.8
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31911 · Foreign Corporation #31,911 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,911/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hera Wireless
CPC-NARROW E21B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hera Wireless S.A. (±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 Highland’s 27.6 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 7.6 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (18%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (54%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Highland Natural… · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Highland's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 Highland?

Each dot is one of Highland’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). Highland’s own 26.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Highland's grants concentrate

Highland Natural Resources, PLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 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 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Highland sits between Hera Wireless S.A. and Hog Slat, Inc..

Hera Wireless

8
Heule Werkzeug

8
Heywire

8
High Spot Health…

8
Hillsound Equipme…

8
His Majesty the K…

8
Histogen

8
Hog Slat

8
Highland Natural… ◀

8

What this shows Highland holds 8 patents at rank #31,947, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Highland

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,947 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Highland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Highland Natural Resources, PLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	37.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	3	37.5%
2021	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Highland Natural Resources, PLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 8

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 6

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Highland Natural Resources, PLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Highland Natural Resources, PLC'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 #31,911 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Highland Natural Resources, PLC against Hera Wireless S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.