Where does Superior Energy Services, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Superior Energy Services, LLC ranks #19,200 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 Superior Energy Services, LLC hold?

Superior Energy Services, LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Superior Energy Services, LLC's Innovation Score?

Superior Energy Services, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.0 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Superior Energy Services, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Superior Energy Services, LLC's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Superior Energy Services, LLC's patents?

Superior Energy Services, LLC's patents average 20.1 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 Superior Energy 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

Superior Energy Services, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Superior Energy Services, LLC focus on?

Superior Energy 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 15 patents, ranking #241 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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, Superior ranks #19,200 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#19,200
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19200 · US Corporation #19,200 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,200/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stryker Spine
CPC-NARROW E21B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stryker Spine (±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 Superior’s 33.0 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 9.6 pts (29%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Superior Energy… · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Superior's Innovation Score is 33.0/100 (43rd 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 Superior?

Each dot is one of Superior’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). Superior’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Superior's grants concentrate

Superior Energy Services, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Superior sits between Stryker Spine and Symbolic IO Corporation.

Superior's three-year grant acceleration

Superior Energy Services, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Stryker Spine

15
Stryker Trauma

15
Sudenga Industries

15
Sunamp

15
Supply

15
Surfaces Southeast

15
Suzhou Shengkang…

15
Symbolic IO

15
Superior Energy S… ◀

15

What this shows Superior holds 15 patents at rank #19,198, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Superior

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,198 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Superior's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Superior Energy Services, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	26.7%
2018	5	33.3%
2019	4	26.7%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Superior Energy Services, LLC patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 15

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

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

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

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

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F42D - Blasting 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Superior Energy Services, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Superior Energy Services, 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #19,200 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Superior Energy Services, LLC against Stryker Spine, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.0/100 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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