Where does Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC ranks #29,016 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 Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC hold?

Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, 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 Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC's patents?

Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC's patents average 27.3 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 Hunt Advanced Drilling 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

Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC focus on?

Hunt Advanced Drilling 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 9 patents, ranking #406 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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, Hunt ranks #29,016 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#29,016
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 27.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29016 · US Corporation #29,016 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,016/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hueck Folien…
CPC-NARROW E21B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hueck Folien Gesellschaft m.b.H. (±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 Hunt’s 32.3 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 8.0 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hunt Advanced Drilling · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hunt's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st 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 Hunt?

Each dot is one of Hunt’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). Hunt’s own 27.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hunt's grants concentrate

Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 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 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Hunt sits between Hueck Folien Gesellschaft m.b.H. and Hypertronics Corporation.

Hueck Folien Gese…

9
Huiyang Allan Pla…

9
Human Matrix Scie…

9
Humavox

9
Hurco Companies

9
Hydra Systems AS

9
Hymmen Maschinen-…

9
Hypertronics

9
Hunt Advanced Dri… ◀

9

What this shows Hunt holds 9 patents at rank #29,010, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hunt

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,010 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Hunt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	66.7%
2016	3	33.3%

Which technologies does Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hunt Advanced Drilling 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 #29,016 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hunt Advanced Drilling Technologies, LLC against Hueck Folien Gesellschaft m.b.H., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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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