Where does SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC ranks #33,406 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 SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC hold?

SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC's Innovation Score?

SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.5 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC.

What does claim depth mean for SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC's patents?

SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC'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 SPM Oil & Gas PC 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

SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC

Q: What technology areas does SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC focus on?

SPM Oil & Gas PC 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 6 patents, ranking #569 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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, SPM ranks #33,406 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#33,406
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.5/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33406 · US Corporation #33,406 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,406/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sparkbeyond
CPC-NARROW E21B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sparkbeyond 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 SPM’s 48.5 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 (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 10.6 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Avecto · near

49
Janssen Pharmaceutic… · near

49
Latency · near

49
Robust AI · near

49
SPM Oil & Gas PC · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SPM's Innovation Score is 48.5/100 (top 16% 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 SPM?

Each dot is one of SPM’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). SPM’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SPM's grants concentrate

SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 75% 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 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, SPM sits between Sparkbeyond Ltd and SRS Medical Systems, LLC.

SPM's three-year grant acceleration

SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Sparkbeyond

8
Sparo

8
Spherex

8
Split Software

8
Spray Nozzle Engi…

8
SPS

8
SPX Flow Technolo…

8
SRS Medical Syste…

8
SPM Oil & Gas PC ◀

8

What this shows SPM holds 8 patents at rank #33,255, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SPM

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,255 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SPM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), SPM ranks #569 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Robust AI, Inc. 49 Janssen Pharmaceutica NA 49 Avecto Limited 49 Latency, LLC 49

SPM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	12.5%
2022	4	50.0%
2024	2	25.0%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 6

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

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

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

B01D - Separation 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Top 9 of 9 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

SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SPM Oil & Gas PC 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), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #33,406 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC against Sparkbeyond Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.5/100 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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