Where does Subsea 7 Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Subsea 7 Limited ranks #5,325 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 Subsea 7 Limited hold?

Subsea 7 Limited holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Subsea 7 Limited's Innovation Score?

Subsea 7 Limited has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Subsea 7 Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Subsea 7 Limited's recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Subsea 7 Limited's patents?

Subsea 7 Limited's patents average 22.4 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 Subsea 7 Limited 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

Subsea 7 Limited

Q: What technology areas does Subsea 7 Limited focus on?

Subsea 7 Limited's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 41 patents, ranking #35 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 38 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Subsea ranks #5,325 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 38 technology areas.

#5,325
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 22.4
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5325 · Foreign Corporation #5,325 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,325/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seven Bridges Genomics
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seven Bridges Genomics 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 Subsea’s 54.5 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 14.5 pts (27%) Velocity 4.8 pts (9%) Breadth 21.8 pts (40%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Guangzhou Shiyuan… · near

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Konecranes Global · near

54
Mettler-Toledo… · near

54
The University of… · near

54
Subsea 7 · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Subsea's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (top 8% 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 Subsea?

Each dot is one of Subsea’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). Subsea’s own 22.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Subsea's grants concentrate

Subsea 7 Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 63.1% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Subsea sits between Seven Bridges Genomics Inc. and Theragun, Inc..

Subsea's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Subsea 7 Limited moved from 21 to 15 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Seven Bridges Gen…

65
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65
Shock Doctor

65
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65
Suphatchatwong In…

65
Swarovski-optik &…

65
THE Bank OF NEW Y…

65
Theragun

65
Subsea 7 ◀

65

What this shows Subsea holds 65 patents at rank #5,324, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Subsea

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,324 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Subsea, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16L (Pipes), Subsea ranks #35 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Company Limited 54 The University of Nottingham 54 Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 54 Konecranes Global Corporation 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.4 here).

TAE Technologies, Inc. 22.4 avg KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA 22.4 avg Barracuda Networks, Inc. 22.4 avg Pelican Imaging Corporation 22.4 avg

Subsea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Subsea 7 Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	20.0%
2016	5	7.7%
2017	2	3.1%
2018	8	12.3%
2019	10	15.4%
2020	9	13.8%
2021	2	3.1%
2022	5	7.7%
2023	4	6.2%
2024	6	9.2%
2025partial year	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Subsea 7 Limited patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 41

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 15

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 14

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 13

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 11

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 10

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 9

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

Top 15 of 38 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

Subsea 7 Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Subsea 7 Limited's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 63.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #5,325 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Subsea 7 Limited against Seven Bridges Genomics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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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