Where does QRI Group, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), QRI Group, LLC ranks #25,050 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 QRI Group, LLC hold?

QRI Group, LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is QRI Group, LLC's Innovation Score?

QRI Group, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.1 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does QRI Group, LLC focus on?

QRI Group, 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 9 patents, ranking #406 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is QRI Group, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

QRI Group, LLC's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 QRI Group, LLC's patents?

QRI Group, LLC's patents average 19.2 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 QRI Group, 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

QRI Group, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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, QRI ranks #25,050 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 7 technology areas.

#25,050
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.1/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25050 · US Corporation #25,050 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,050/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Q-Free ASA
CPC-NARROW E21B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Q-Free ASA (±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 QRI’s 32.1 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 8.6 pts (27%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 9.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
QRI Group · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows QRI's Innovation Score is 32.1/100 (40th 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 QRI?

Each dot is one of QRI’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). QRI’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where QRI's grants concentrate

QRI Group, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 81.8% 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 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, QRI sits between Q-Free ASA and Quantum Semiconductor LLP.

QRI's three-year grant acceleration

QRI Group, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Q-free ASA

11
Qingdao Haier Lau…

11
Qingdao Hater Spe…

11
Qorvo Internation…

11
Qualcomm Connecte…

11
Qioptiq Photonics…

11
Quantapore

11
Quantum Semicondu…

11
QRI Group ◀

11

What this shows QRI holds 11 patents at rank #25,033, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near QRI

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,033 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

QRI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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QRI Group, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	18.2%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	4	36.4%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	2	18.2%

Which technologies does QRI Group, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 9

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 8

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 7 of 7 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

QRI Group, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

QRI Group, 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), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #25,050 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare QRI Group, LLC against Q-Free ASA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.1/100 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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