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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KEY Energy Services, LLC ranks #29,203 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 KEY Energy Services, LLC hold?

KEY Energy Services, LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 2 technology areas.

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

KEY Energy Services, LLC has an Innovation Score of 25.0 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

KEY Energy Services, 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 KEY Energy Services, LLC's patents?

KEY Energy Services, LLC's patents average 20.1 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 KEY 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

KEY Energy Services, LLC

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

KEY 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 9 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, KEY ranks #29,203 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#29,203
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.0/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29203 · US Corporation #29,203 · 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 #29,203/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kbws
CPC-NARROW E21B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kbws Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KEY Energy Services · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KEY's Innovation Score is 25.0/100 (16th 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.

Where KEY's grants concentrate

KEY Energy Services, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 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 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, KEY sits between Kbws Corporation and Kingfar International Inc..

Kbws

9
KCI Manufacturing…

9
KCI Medical Resou…

9
Keene Building Pr…

9
Keyview Labs

9
Kezar Life Scienc…

9
Kezzler AS

9
Kingfar Internati…

9
KEY Energy Servic… ◀

9

What this shows KEY holds 9 patents at rank #29,170, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KEY

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,170 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

KEY's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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KEY Energy Services, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2016	2	22.2%
2017	4	44.4%
2018	1	11.1%

Which technologies does KEY 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 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,203

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

KEY 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #29,203 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 25.0/100 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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