Where does Hydra Systems AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hydra Systems AS ranks #29,023 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 Hydra Systems AS hold?

Hydra Systems AS holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Hydra Systems AS's Innovation Score?

Hydra Systems AS has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hydra Systems AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hydra Systems AS's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Hydra Systems AS's patents?

Hydra Systems AS's patents average 24.2 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 Hydra Systems AS 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

Hydra Systems AS

Q: What technology areas does Hydra Systems AS focus on?

Hydra Systems AS'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 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Hydra ranks #29,023 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 1 technology areas.

#29,023
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 24.2
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29023 · Foreign Corporation #29,023 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,023/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Human Matrix Sciences
CPC-NARROW E21B · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Human Matrix Sciences, LLC (±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 Hydra’s 28.3 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 (28%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 3.5 pts (12%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (51%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hydra Systems AS · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hydra's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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 Hydra?

Each dot is one of Hydra’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). Hydra’s own 24.2 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.

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

Where Hydra's grants concentrate

Hydra Systems AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 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 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hydra sits between Human Matrix Sciences, LLC and I.G. Specials B.V..

Hydra's three-year grant acceleration

Hydra Systems AS shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Human Matrix Scie…

9
Humavox

9
Hunt Advanced Dri…

9
Hurco Companies

9
Hymmen Maschinen-…

9
Hypertronics

9
I-tech USA

9
I G Specials B V

9
Hydra Systems AS ◀

9

What this shows Hydra holds 9 patents at rank #29,012, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hydra

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,012 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Hydra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hydra Systems AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	2	22.2%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	3	33.3%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Hydra Systems AS patent most?

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

Top 1 of 1 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

Hydra Systems AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hydra Systems AS'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 #29,023 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hydra Systems AS against Human Matrix Sciences, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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

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

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