Where does Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC ranks #49,507 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 Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC hold?

Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC's Innovation Score?

Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC has an Innovation Score of 22.9 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Patterson-uti Drilling Company 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 Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC's patents?

Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC's patents average 14.6 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 Patterson-uti Drilling Company 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

Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC

Q: What technology areas does Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC focus on?

Patterson-uti Drilling Company 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 5 patents, ranking #669 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Patterson-uti ranks #49,507 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#49,507
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.9/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49507 · US Corporation #49,507 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,507/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PAT Technology Systems
CPC-NARROW E21B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PAT Technology Systems 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 Patterson-uti’s 22.9 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 (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Patterson-uti Drilling · this assignee

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What this shows Patterson-uti's Innovation Score is 22.9/100 (11th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Patterson-uti?

Each dot is one of Patterson-uti’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). Patterson-uti’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Patterson-uti's grants concentrate

Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 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 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Patterson-uti sits between PAT Technology Systems Inc. and PC Krause AND Associates, Inc..

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5
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What this shows Patterson-uti holds 5 patents at rank #49,474, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Patterson-uti

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,474 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Patterson-uti's primary technology class.

Patterson-uti's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Patterson-uti Drilling Company 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 #49,507 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Patterson-uti Drilling Company LLC against PAT Technology Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.9/100 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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