Where does Sensor Developments AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sensor Developments AS ranks #33,209 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 Sensor Developments AS hold?

Sensor Developments AS holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sensor Developments AS's Innovation Score?

Sensor Developments AS has an Innovation Score of 29.2 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sensor Developments AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sensor Developments AS's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Sensor Developments AS's patents?

Sensor Developments AS's patents average 15.6 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 Sensor Developments 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

Sensor Developments AS

Q: What technology areas does Sensor Developments AS focus on?

Sensor Developments AS'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 7 patents, ranking #483 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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, Sensor ranks #33,209 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 12 technology areas.

#33,209
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.2/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33209 · Foreign Corporation #33,209 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,209/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seed
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seed Technologies Corp., 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 Sensor’s 29.2 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sensor Developments AS · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sensor's Innovation Score is 29.2/100 (30th 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 Sensor?

Each dot is one of Sensor’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). Sensor’s own 15.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sensor's grants concentrate

Sensor Developments AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 87.5% 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 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Sensor sits between Seed Technologies Corp., Ltd. and Sericol Limited.

Seed

8
Selfeco

8
Sengoku Works

8
Sensetime Group

8
Sensus Healthcare

8
Sentinel Oncology

8
Separation Design…

8
Sericol

8
Sensor Developmen… ◀

8

What this shows Sensor holds 8 patents at rank #33,158, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sensor

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,158 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Sensor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sensor Developments AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	25.0%
2017	4	50.0%
2018	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Sensor Developments AS patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 7

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

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Sensor Developments AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sensor Developments AS'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), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #33,209 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sensor Developments AS against Seed Technologies Corp., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.2/100 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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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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