Where does Subsea 7 (US) LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Subsea 7 (US) LLC ranks #43,371 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 (US) LLC hold?

Subsea 7 (US) LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Subsea 7 (US) LLC's Innovation Score?

Subsea 7 (US) LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Subsea 7 (US) LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Subsea 7 (US) LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Subsea 7 (US) LLC's patents?

Subsea 7 (US) LLC's patents average 23.3 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 Subsea 7 (US) 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

Subsea 7 (US) LLC

Q: What technology areas does Subsea 7 (US) LLC focus on?

Subsea 7 (US) LLC'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 6 patents, ranking #355 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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 #43,371 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#43,371
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 23.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43371 · US Corporation #43,371 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,371/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Strix Systems
CPC-NARROW F16L · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Strix Systems, 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 50.1 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 6.7 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Honda Motor · near

50
Bourns · near

50
Inovio Pharmaceuticals · near

50
Spiber · near

50
Subsea 7 (US) · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Subsea's Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 14% 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 23.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 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 (US) LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Subsea sits between Strix Systems, Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation.

Subsea's three-year grant acceleration

Subsea 7 (US) LLC shows 4 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.

Strix Systems

6
Stromsholmen AB

6
Stryker Ireland

6
STX Offshore & Sh…

6
Suffolk County Wa…

6
Suiken

6
Sulfur Chemical L…

6
Sumitomo

6
Subsea 7 (US) ◀

6

What this shows Subsea holds 6 patents at rank #43,020, 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 #43,020 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 #355 of 1,907 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. 50 Spiber Inc. 50 Bourns, Inc. 50 Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 50

Subsea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Subsea 7 (US) LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	16.7%
2022	2	33.3%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Subsea 7 (US) LLC patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 6

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 1

Top 7 of 7 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 (US) LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Subsea 7 (US) LLC'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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #43,371 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Subsea 7 (US) LLC against Strix Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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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