Where does Sercel, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sercel, Inc ranks #3,143 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 Sercel, Inc hold?

Sercel, Inc holds 120 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Sercel, Inc's Innovation Score?

Sercel, Inc has an Innovation Score of 60.2 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%).

What technology areas does Sercel, Inc focus on?

Sercel, Inc's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 111 patents, ranking #16 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sercel, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sercel, Inc's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 Sercel, Inc's patents?

Sercel, Inc's patents average 16.7 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 Sercel, 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

Sercel, Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 120 granted patents across 48 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, Sercel ranks #3,143 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 120 patents across 48 technology areas.

#3,143
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.2/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3143 · US Corporation #3,143 · 120 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 120 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,143/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH North
CPC-WIDE G01V · 48 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: North Inc. (±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 Sercel’s 60.2 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 16.6 pts (28%) Velocity 9.1 pts (15%) Breadth 24.5 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gentex · near

60
Lenzing Aktiengesell… · near

60
Sercel · this assignee

60
Fresenius Kabi… · near

60
Fuzhou BOE Optoelect… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sercel's Innovation Score is 60.2/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Sercel?

Each dot is one of Sercel’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). Sercel’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sercel's grants concentrate

Sercel, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 92.5% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (25 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Sercel sits between North Inc. and Vita-Mix Management Corporation.

Sercel's three-year grant acceleration

Sercel, Inc shows 26 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

North

120
Novaled

120
Quantum-si Incorp…

120
Research Institut…

120
Solvay Specialty…

120
Shanghai Huali Mi…

120
THE Trustees OF I…

120
Vita-mix Manageme…

120
Sercel ◀

120

What this shows Sercel holds 120 patents at rank #3,143, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sercel

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,143 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sercel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01V (Geophysics), Sercel ranks #16 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft 60 Gentex Corporation 60 Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 60 Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

West Virginia University 16.7 avg Acacia Communications, Inc. 16.7 avg Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 16.7 avg Optum, Inc. 16.7 avg

Sercel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 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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Sercel, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	5.0%
2016	25	20.8%
2017	24	20.0%
2018	13	10.8%
2019	10	8.3%
2020	6	5.0%
2021	3	2.5%
2022	8	6.7%
2023	11	9.2%
2024	7	5.8%
2025partial year	7	5.8%

Which technologies does Sercel, Inc patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 111

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 8

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

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 7

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 3

Top 15 of 48 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

Sercel, Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sercel, Inc's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 92.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #3,143 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sercel, Inc against North Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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

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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