Overall rank by patents
#24,839
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Nabors ranks #24,839 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R24839 · Foreign Corporation #24,839 · 11 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Multitest Elektronische Systeme Gmbh (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Nabors LUX 2 SARL · this assignee
31 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Nabors's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (top 63% 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.
Nabors LUX 2 SARL is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 90.9% 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 2017. By volume, Nabors sits between Multitest Elektronische Systeme Gmbh and Nanograf Corporation.
Nabors LUX 2 SARL shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Multitest Elektronische Systeme GmbH
11 patents
MyPinPad Limited
11 patents
MyoKardia, Inc.
11 patents
N.S. International, Ltd.
11 patents
NAMECHEAP, INC.
11 patents
NANHUA INTELLIGENT PRECISION MACHINE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
11 patents
NANJING YANCHANG REACTION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
11 patents
NANOGRAF CORPORATION
11 patents
NABORS LUX 2 SARL
11 patents
What this shows Nabors holds 11 patents at rank #24,826, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #24,826 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nabors's primary technology class.
Nabors's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
31 Top 63% higher than 37% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 9.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 9.1% |
| 2019 | 3 | 27.3% |
| 2020 | 2 | 18.2% |
| 2021 | 2 | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 18.2% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#24,839
of 50,000 tracked assignees
31.1 out of 100
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