Where does Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. ranks #23,207 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 Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. hold?

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s patents?

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s patents average 29.9 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 Pioneer Natural Resources USA, 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

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. focus on?

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, 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 10 patents, ranking #372 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Pioneer ranks #23,207 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#23,207
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 29.9
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23207 · US Corporation #23,207 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,207/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pilot Energy Solutions
CPC-NARROW E21B · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pilot Energy Solutions, LLC (±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 Pioneer’s 42.8 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 8.9 pts (21%) Velocity 8.9 pts (21%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Pioneer's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 Pioneer?

Each dot is one of Pioneer’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). Pioneer’s own 29.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pioneer's grants concentrate

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 83.3% 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 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Pioneer sits between Pilot Energy Solutions, LLC and Planet Social, LLC.

Pioneer's three-year grant acceleration

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Pilot Energy Solu…

12
Pilot Games

12
Pilot Polymer

12
Pinnacle Engines

12
Pittway Sarl

12
Pixcell Medical

12
Pixieray Oy

12
Planet Social

12
Pioneer Natural R… ◀

12

What this shows Pioneer holds 12 patents at rank #23,215, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pioneer

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,215 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Pioneer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2018	3	25.0%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%
2024	3	25.0%

Which technologies does Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 10

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

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 2

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

Top 8 of 8 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

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pioneer Natural Resources USA, 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), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #23,207 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. against Pilot Energy Solutions, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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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