Where does Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC ranks #49,055 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 Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC hold?

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC's Innovation Score?

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC's patents?

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC's patents average 28.2 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 Newpark Drilling Fluids 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

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC

Q: What technology areas does Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC focus on?

Newpark Drilling Fluids 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 4 patents, ranking #774 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Newpark ranks #49,055 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,055
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 28.2
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49055 · US Corporation #49,055 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,055/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH New Zealand Hops
CPC-NARROW E21B · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: New Zealand Hops 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 Newpark’s 41.6 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 6.2 pts (15%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 7.1 pts (17%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Newpark Drilling… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Newpark's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Newpark?

Each dot is one of Newpark’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). Newpark’s own 28.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Newpark's grants concentrate

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells). By volume, Newpark sits between New Zealand Hops Limited and Nexagen Corp..

Newpark's three-year grant acceleration

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

New Zealand Hops

5
Newcon

5
Newstore

5
Newcrest Mining

5
Newtonstein USA

5
Nexgen Oil Tools

5
Nextech AR Soluti…

5
Nexagen

5
Newpark Drilling… ◀

5

What this shows Newpark holds 5 patents at rank #49,161, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Newpark

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,161 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Newpark's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

Top 4 of 4 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

Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Newpark Drilling Fluids 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), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #49,055 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC against New Zealand Hops Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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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