Where does Schlumberger Technology Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schlumberger Technology Corporation ranks #76 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 Schlumberger Technology Corporation hold?

Schlumberger Technology Corporation holds 4,606 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 250 technology areas.

What is Schlumberger Technology Corporation's Innovation Score?

Schlumberger Technology Corporation has an Innovation Score of 70.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schlumberger Technology Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schlumberger Technology Corporation's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Schlumberger Technology Corporation's patents?

Schlumberger Technology Corporation's patents average 17.3 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 Schlumberger Technology Corporation 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

Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Schlumberger Technology Corporation focus on?

Schlumberger Technology Corporation'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 3,244 patents, ranking #2 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 250 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 4,606 granted patents across 250 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: 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, Schlumberger ranks #76 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 4,606 patents across 250 technology areas.

#76
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.0/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R76 · US Corporation #76 · 4,606 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 4.6K grants
TOP-DECILE #76/49,997
CLEAR-GAP GlobalFoundries
CPC-BROAD E21B · 250 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GlobalFoundries Inc. (±59 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 Schlumberger’s 70.0 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 29.1 pts (42%) Velocity 5.5 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Realtek Semiconductor · near

70
National Yang Ming… · near

70
Savant · near

70
Rheem Manufacturing · near

70
Schlumberger… · this assignee

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schlumberger's Innovation Score is 70.0/100 (top 1% 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 Schlumberger?

Each dot is one of Schlumberger’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). Schlumberger’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Schlumberger's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Schlumberger Technology Corporation received 1,945 grants versus 2,279 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 593 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 323. Lead class E21B accounts for 70.4% of the portfolio across 250 subclasses. Volume neighbours: VMware LLC (#72) and Commissariat A L'energie Atomique ET AUX Energies Alternatives (#80).

Schlumberger's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Schlumberger Technology Corporation moved from 1,394 to 1,144 grants (0.82x 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 #1,768. See the growth leaderboard.

Vmware

4,914
Facebook

4,875
Verizon Patent an…

4,862
Olympus

4,844
Schlumberger Tech… ◀

4,606
Globalfoundries

4,547
Sumitomo Electric…

4,378
Guangdong Oppo Mo…

4,374
Commissariat A L'…

4,218

What this shows Schlumberger holds 4,606 patents at rank #76, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schlumberger

By rank, the assignees closest to #76 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Schlumberger, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Schlumberger ranks #2 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Rheem Manufacturing Company 70 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University 70 Savant Technologies LLC 70 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Convida Wireless, LLC 17.3 avg Wyeth, LLC 17.3 avg Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 17.3 avg Superior Industries, Inc. 17.3 avg

Schlumberger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Schlumberger Technology Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	453	9.8%
2016	448	9.7%
2017	434	9.4%
2018	351	7.6%
2019	593	12.9%
2020	429	9.3%
2021	372	8.1%
2022	323	7.0%
2023	376	8.2%
2024	445	9.7%
2025partial year	382	8.3%

Which technologies does Schlumberger Technology Corporation patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3,244

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1,274

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 523

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 357

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 332

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 131

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 123

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 114

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 111

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 105

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 96

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 92

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 82

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 72

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 62

Top 15 of 250 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

Schlumberger Technology Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schlumberger Technology Corporation'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), 70.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #76 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schlumberger Technology Corporation against VMware LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.0/100 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.

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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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