Where does Hydril USA Distribution LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hydril USA Distribution LLC ranks #5,517 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 Hydril USA Distribution LLC hold?

Hydril USA Distribution LLC holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Hydril USA Distribution LLC's Innovation Score?

Hydril USA Distribution LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hydril USA Distribution LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hydril USA Distribution LLC's recent grant velocity is -41% 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 Hydril USA Distribution LLC's patents?

Hydril USA Distribution LLC's patents average 17.3 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 Hydril USA Distribution 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

Hydril USA Distribution LLC

Q: What technology areas does Hydril USA Distribution LLC focus on?

Hydril USA Distribution 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 59 patents, ranking #60 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 33 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, Hydril ranks #5,517 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 33 technology areas.

#5,517
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5517 · US Corporation #5,517 · 62 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,517/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Goji
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Goji Limited (±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 Hydril’s 47.5 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 14.3 pts (30%) Velocity 2.5 pts (5%) Breadth 20.3 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BSH Bosch und… · near

48
JBF Interlude 2009 · near

48
Open Weaver · near

48
Hydril USA Distribut… · this assignee

48
Paneratech · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hydril's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 Hydril?

Each dot is one of Hydril’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). Hydril’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hydril's grants concentrate

Hydril USA Distribution LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 95.2% 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 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Hydril sits between Goji Limited and Implus Footcare, LLC.

Hydril's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hydril USA Distribution LLC moved from 24 to 9 grants (0.38x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Goji

62
Groq

62
HMD Global Oy

62
Hytto PTE

62
IHC Holland IE B V

62
Invacare

62
Imagine Communica…

62
Implus Footcare

62
Hydril USA Distri… ◀

62

What this shows Hydril holds 62 patents at rank #5,516, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hydril

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,516 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hydril, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Hydril ranks #60 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Paneratech, Inc. 48 JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd 48 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH 48 Open Weaver Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Ecole Polytechnique 17.3 avg BOE Mled Technology Co., Ltd. 17.3 avg Ohio State Innovation Foundation 17.3 avg Go!Foton, Inc. 17.3 avg

Hydril's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Hydril USA Distribution LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	8.1%
2016	6	9.7%
2017	8	12.9%
2018	7	11.3%
2019	11	17.7%
2020	8	12.9%
2021	5	8.1%
2022	5	8.1%
2023	1	1.6%
2024	3	4.8%
2025partial year	3	4.8%

Which technologies does Hydril USA Distribution LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 59

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 3

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 3

C22C - Alloys 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

Top 15 of 33 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

Hydril USA Distribution LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hydril USA Distribution 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), 95.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #5,517 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hydril USA Distribution LLC against Goji Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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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