Where does Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC ranks #17,944 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 Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC hold?

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.1 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC's patents?

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC'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 Nine Downhole Technologies, 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

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC focus on?

Nine Downhole Technologies, 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 16 patents, ranking #226 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Nine ranks #17,944 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 3 technology areas.

#17,944
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17944 · US Corporation #17,944 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,944/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neurophet
CPC-NARROW E21B · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neurophet 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.

How Nine’s 47.1 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 9.8 pts (21%) Velocity 16.7 pts (35%) Breadth 6.1 pts (13%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nine Downhole · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nine's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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 Nine?

Each dot is one of Nine’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). Nine’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nine's grants concentrate

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 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 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Nine sits between Neurophet Inc. and North American Pipe Corporation.

Nine's three-year grant acceleration

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Neurophet

16
Nguyen CHI

16
Nidec Instruments

16
Nikon-essilor

16
Ningbo Yinzhou Ji…

16
Ningbo Yusing Opt…

16
Nittoku

16
North American Pi…

16
Nine Downhole ◀

16

What this shows Nine holds 16 patents at rank #17,930, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nine

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,930 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Nine's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	12.5%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	4	25.0%
2024	3	18.8%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 16

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nine Downhole Technologies, 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 #17,944 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nine Downhole Technologies, LLC against Neurophet Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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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