Where does Statoil GULF Services Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Statoil GULF Services Llc ranks #21,830 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Statoil GULF Services Llc hold?

Statoil GULF Services Llc holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Statoil GULF Services Llc's Innovation Score?

Statoil GULF Services Llc has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (top 73% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Statoil GULF Services Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Statoil GULF Services Llc's recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Statoil GULF Services Llc's patents?

Statoil GULF Services Llc's patents average 20.2 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 Statoil GULF Services 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

Statoil GULF Services Llc

Q: What technology areas does Statoil GULF Services Llc focus on?

Statoil GULF Services 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 12 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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, Statoil ranks #21,830 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 4 technology areas.

#21,830
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 73%
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21830 · US Corporation #21,830 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,830/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH ST JUDE MEDICAL LUXE…
CPC-NARROW E21B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Statoil GULF Services · this assignee

28
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Statoil's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (top 73% 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.

Where Statoil's grants concentrate

Statoil GULF Services Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 92.3% 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 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Statoil sits between ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) and Strength Master Fitness TECH Co., Ltd..

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13
Stamicarbon B V A…

13
Staples THE Offic…

13
Starkeys

13
Staubli Electrica…

13
Stemcell Canada

13
Stowe Woodward Li…

13
Strength Master F…

13
Statoil GULF Serv… ◀

13

What this shows Statoil holds 13 patents at rank #21,765, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Statoil

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,765 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR ROCK Drilling)

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

Statoil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 Top 73% higher than 27% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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Statoil GULF Services Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	4	30.8%
2020	4	30.8%
2021	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Statoil GULF Services Llc patent most?

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 12

C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 4

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS 3

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,830

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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