Where does Neodrill AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Neodrill AS ranks #23,063 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Neodrill AS hold?

Neodrill AS holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Neodrill AS's Innovation Score?

Neodrill AS has an Innovation Score of 27.3 out of 100 (top 77% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Neodrill AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Neodrill AS's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Neodrill AS's patents?

Neodrill AS's patents average 15.8 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 Neodrill 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

Neodrill AS

Q: What technology areas does Neodrill AS focus on?

Neodrill 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 12 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Neodrill ranks #23,063 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 4 technology areas.

#23,063
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 77%
by Innovation Score (27.3/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23063 · Foreign Corporation #23,063 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,063/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Navidea Biopharmaceu…
CPC-NARROW E21B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (±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
Neodrill AS · this assignee

27
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Neodrill's Innovation Score is 27.3/100 (top 77% 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 Neodrill's grants concentrate

Neodrill AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 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, Neodrill sits between Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. and Neuraxis, Inc..

Navidea Biopharma…

12
Navitas Systems

12
Nellix

12
Neo-sync

12
Neotech Products

12
Ness Inventions

12
Netbio

12
Neuraxis

12
Neodrill AS ◀

12

What this shows Neodrill holds 12 patents at rank #23,083, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Neodrill

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,083 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR ROCK Drilling)

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

Neodrill's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 Top 77% higher than 23% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Neodrill AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	3	25.0%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Neodrill AS patent most?

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 12

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS ; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES 5

H02G - INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES 1

B63B - SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,063

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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