Where does PCS Ferguson, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PCS Ferguson, Inc. ranks #21,594 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 PCS Ferguson, Inc. hold?

PCS Ferguson, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is PCS Ferguson, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

PCS Ferguson, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.6 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is PCS Ferguson, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PCS Ferguson, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% 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 PCS Ferguson, Inc.'s patents?

PCS Ferguson, Inc.'s patents average 15.5 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 PCS Ferguson, Inc. 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

PCS Ferguson, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does PCS Ferguson, Inc. focus on?

PCS Ferguson, Inc.'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 13 patents, ranking #286 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PCS ranks #21,594 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 10 technology areas.

#21,594
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.6/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21594 · US Corporation #21,594 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,594/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Park WAY
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Park WAY Co., Ltd. (±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 PCS’s 34.6 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 9.1 pts (26%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 11.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
PCS Ferguson · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PCS's Innovation Score is 34.6/100 (48th 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 PCS?

Each dot is one of PCS’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). PCS’s own 15.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where PCS's grants concentrate

PCS Ferguson, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 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 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, PCS sits between Park WAY Co., Ltd. and Piab Aktiebolag.

PCS's three-year grant acceleration

PCS Ferguson, Inc. shows 3 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.

Park WAY

13
Parker Hannifin M…

13
Pathak Holdings

13
PC Matic

13
Pearl Therapeutics

13
Perimetrics

13
Pharmacophotonics

13
Piab Aktiebolag

13
PCS Ferguson ◀

13

What this shows PCS holds 13 patents at rank #21,582, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PCS

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,582 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

PCS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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PCS Ferguson, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2020	2	15.4%
2021	2	15.4%
2023	3	23.1%

Which technologies does PCS Ferguson, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 13

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 1

Top 10 of 10 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

PCS Ferguson, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PCS Ferguson, Inc.'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 #21,594 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PCS Ferguson, Inc. against Park WAY Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.6/100 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

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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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