Where does Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. ranks #21,793 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 Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. hold?

Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.'s patents?

Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.'s patents average 10.5 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 Smart Drilling and Completion, 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

Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. focus on?

Smart Drilling and Completion, 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 11 patents, ranking #341 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Smart ranks #21,793 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 10 technology areas.

#21,793
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21793 · US Corporation #21,793 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,793/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silanna Semiconducto…
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., 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 Smart’s 26.6 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 9.1 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Smart's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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 Smart?

Each dot is one of Smart’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). Smart’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smart's grants concentrate

Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 84.6% 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 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Smart sits between Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., Inc. and Société Technique pour l'Energie Atomique.

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What this shows Smart holds 13 patents at rank #21,827, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smart

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,827 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Smart's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	6	46.2%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 11

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 3

F03C - Positive-displacement Engines Driven BY Liquids 3

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smart Drilling and Completion, 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), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #21,793 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc. against Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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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