Where does ION Geophysical Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ION Geophysical Corporation ranks #4,774 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 ION Geophysical Corporation hold?

ION Geophysical Corporation holds 73 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is ION Geophysical Corporation's Innovation Score?

ION Geophysical Corporation has an Innovation Score of 50.6 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ION Geophysical Corporation focus on?

ION Geophysical Corporation's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 68 patents, ranking #20 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is ION Geophysical Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ION Geophysical Corporation's recent grant velocity is -70% 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 ION Geophysical Corporation's patents?

ION Geophysical Corporation's patents average 24.3 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 ION Geophysical Corporation 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

ION Geophysical Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 73 granted patents across 31 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ION ranks #4,774 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 73 patents across 31 technology areas.

#4,774
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4774 · US Corporation #4,774 · 73 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 73 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,774/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fermi Research…
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fermi Research Alliance, 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 ION’s 50.6 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 14.9 pts (29%) Velocity 1.5 pts (3%) Breadth 19.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ION Geophysical · this assignee

51
S-Printing Solution · near

51
Yamato Scale · near

51
Everdisplay… · near

51
Omeros · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ION's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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 ION?

Each dot is one of ION’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). ION’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ION's grants concentrate

ION Geophysical Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 93.2% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, ION sits between Fermi Research Alliance, LLC and Komax Holding AG.

ION's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ION Geophysical Corporation moved from 31 to 7 grants (0.23x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Fermi Research Al…

73
Guangzhou Ucweb C…

73
Group Dekko

73
Herakles

73
Invensys Systems

73
Invuity

73
Ivanti

73
Komax Holding

73
ION Geophysical ◀

73

What this shows ION holds 73 patents at rank #4,772, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ION

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,772 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ION, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01V (Geophysics), ION ranks #20 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Yamato Scale Co., Ltd. 51 S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd. 51 Omeros Corporation 51 Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.3 here).

Raven Industries, inc. 24.2 avg Genetec Inc. 24.2 avg NCS Multistage Inc. 24.3 avg OrCam Technologies Ltd. 24.2 avg

ION's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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ION Geophysical Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	8.2%
2016	9	12.3%
2017	10	13.7%
2018	10	13.7%
2019	21	28.8%
2020	4	5.5%
2021	6	8.2%
2022	6	8.2%
2024	1	1.4%

Which technologies does ION Geophysical Corporation patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 68

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 25

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 5

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 4

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

F16G - Belts, Cables, OR Ropes, Predominantly Used FOR Driving PURPOSES; CHAINS; Fittings Predominantly Used Therefor 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 2

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

Top 15 of 31 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

ION Geophysical Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ION Geophysical Corporation's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 93.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #4,774 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ION Geophysical Corporation against Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.6/100 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

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