Where does Hunting Energy Services, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hunting Energy Services, LLC ranks #18,737 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 Hunting Energy Services, LLC hold?

Hunting Energy Services, LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Hunting Energy Services, LLC's Innovation Score?

Hunting Energy Services, LLC has an Innovation Score of 26.4 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hunting Energy Services, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hunting Energy Services, LLC's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Hunting Energy Services, LLC's patents?

Hunting Energy Services, LLC's patents average 9.4 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 Hunting Energy Services, 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

Hunting Energy Services, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Hunting Energy Services, LLC focus on?

Hunting Energy Services, 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 11 patents, ranking #341 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 10 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, Hunting ranks #18,737 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 10 technology areas.

#18,737
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.4/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18737 · US Corporation #18,737 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,737/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hospital for…
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hospital for Special Surgery (±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 Hunting’s 26.4 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 9.6 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hunting Energy… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hunting's Innovation Score is 26.4/100 (20th 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 Hunting?

Each dot is one of Hunting’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). Hunting’s own 9.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hunting's grants concentrate

Hunting Energy Services, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 73.3% 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 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hunting sits between Hospital for Special Surgery and IAM Robotics, LLC.

Hospital for Spec…

15
Houghton Mifflin…

15
House of Design

15
Hubbardton Forge

15
Hydro Internation…

15
I MER

15
I D Systems

15
IAM Robotics

15
Hunting Energy Se… ◀

15

What this shows Hunting holds 15 patents at rank #18,738, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hunting

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,738 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Hunting's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% 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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Hunting Energy Services, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	3	20.0%
2017	2	13.3%
2019	4	26.7%
2020	1	6.7%
2021	1	6.7%
2025partial year	3	20.0%

Which technologies does Hunting Energy Services, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 1

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Hunting Energy Services, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hunting Energy Services, 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), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #18,737 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hunting Energy Services, LLC against Hospital for Special Surgery, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.4/100 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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