Where does Total E&P Canada Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Total E&P Canada Ltd. ranks #30,437 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 Total E&P Canada Ltd. hold?

Total E&P Canada Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Total E&P Canada Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Total E&P Canada Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Total E&P Canada Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Total E&P Canada Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Total E&P Canada Ltd.'s patents?

Total E&P Canada Ltd.'s patents average 14.4 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 Total E&P Canada Ltd. 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

Total E&P Canada Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Total E&P Canada Ltd. focus on?

Total E&P Canada Ltd.'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. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Total ranks #30,437 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#30,437
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30437 · Foreign Corporation #30,437 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,437/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tokyo University of…
CPC-NARROW E21B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences (±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
Total E&P Canada · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Total's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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.

Where Total's grants concentrate

Total E&P Canada Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 66.7% 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 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Total sits between Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences and Trace-Ability, Inc..

Tokyo University…

9
Top Tier

9
Topix Pharmaceuti…

9
Torotrak (Develop…

9
Touchpoint Medical

9
Tour Engine

9
Toyota Mapmaster…

9
Trace-ability

9
Total E&P Canada ◀

9

What this shows Total holds 9 patents at rank #30,421, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Total

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,421 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Total's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Total E&P Canada Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	33.3%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Total E&P Canada Ltd. patent most?

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

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 2

C10C - Working-up Pitch, Asphalt, Bitumen, TAR; Pyroligneous Acid 1

B01D - Separation 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

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

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,437

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Total E&P Canada Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Total E&P Canada Ltd.'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), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #30,437 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Total E&P Canada Ltd. against Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.