Where does PGS Geophysical AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PGS Geophysical AS ranks #1,025 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 PGS Geophysical AS hold?

PGS Geophysical AS holds 427 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is PGS Geophysical AS's Innovation Score?

PGS Geophysical AS has an Innovation Score of 61.7 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is PGS Geophysical AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PGS Geophysical AS's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 PGS Geophysical AS's patents?

PGS Geophysical AS's patents average 21.1 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 PGS Geophysical 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

PGS Geophysical AS

Q: What technology areas does PGS Geophysical AS focus on?

PGS Geophysical AS's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 415 patents. Grants appear in 61 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 427 granted patents across 61 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PGS ranks #1,025 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 427 patents across 61 technology areas.

#1,025
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.7/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1025 · Foreign Corporation #1,025 · 427 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 427 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,025/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dunlop Sports
CPC-WIDE G01V · 61 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dunlop Sports 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Imperial Tobacco · near

62
PGS Geophysical AS · this assignee

62
Taiwan Textile… · near

62
Tektronix · near

62
University of Iowa… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PGS's Innovation Score is 61.7/100 (top 3% 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.

How PGS's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, PGS Geophysical AS received 154 grants versus 268 in 2015–2019 (-43% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 70 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 19. Lead class G01V accounts for 97.2% of the portfolio across 61 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited (#1,021) and NOK Corporation (#1,029).

PGS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, PGS Geophysical AS moved from 153 to 71 grants (0.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,775. See the growth leaderboard.

Dialog Semiconduc…

429
Wobben Properties

429
Dunlop Sports

427
Interdigital VC H…

427
University OF Sou…

427
PGS Geophysical AS ◀

427
Gracenote

426
Hitachi Chemical

425
NOK

425

What this shows PGS holds 427 patents at rank #1,025, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PGS

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,025 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PGS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Tektronix, Inc. 62 Taiwan Textile Research Institute 62 Imperial Tobacco Limited 62 University of Iowa Research Foundation 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.1 here).

Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. 21.1 avg Refinitiv US Organization LLC 21.1 avg Starship Technologies OÜ 21.1 avg Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. 21.1 avg

PGS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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PGS Geophysical AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	7.0%
2016	59	13.8%
2017	53	12.4%
2018	56	13.1%
2019	70	16.4%
2020	49	11.5%
2021	34	8.0%
2022	24	5.6%
2023	28	6.6%
2024	19	4.4%
2025partial year	5	1.2%

Which technologies does PGS Geophysical AS patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 415

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 49

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 19

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 13

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 11

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 10

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 9

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

Top 15 of 61 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,025

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

PGS Geophysical AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PGS Geophysical AS's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 97.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #1,025 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PGS Geophysical AS against Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.7/100 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

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