Where does Total SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Total SA ranks #2,115 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 SA hold?

Total SA holds 187 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 98 technology areas.

What is Total SA's Innovation Score?

Total SA has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Total SA focus on?

Total SA's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 67 patents, ranking #22 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 98 CPC subclasses total.

Is Total SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Total SA's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 SA's patents?

Total SA's patents average 13.9 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 SA 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 SA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 187 granted patents across 98 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Total ranks #2,115 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 187 patents across 98 technology areas.

#2,115
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2115 · Foreign Corporation #2,115 · 187 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 187 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,115/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LANDIS+GYR Innovations
CPC-WIDE G01V · 98 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LANDIS+GYR Innovations, 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 Total’s 52.8 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 18.1 pts (34%) Velocity 1.3 pts (2%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Magna Steyr… · near

53
CSIR · near

53
Total · this assignee

53
Savannah River… · near

53
Varian Medical… · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Total's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 Total?

Each dot is one of Total’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). Total’s own 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Total's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Total SA received 53 grants versus 134 in 2015–2019 (-60% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 37 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 1. Lead class G01V accounts for 35.8% of the portfolio across 98 subclasses. Volume neighbours: LANDIS+GYR Innovations, Inc. (#2,111) and GE Lighting Solutions LLC (#2,119).

Total's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Total SA moved from 75 to 15 grants (0.20x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,091. See the growth leaderboard.

Landis+GYR Innova…

187
Lumus

187
Sears Brands L L C

187
Sichuan University

187
UniversitÉ DE Bor…

187
Total ◀

187
Avary Holding (Sh…

186
Barco

186
GE Lighting Solut…

186

What this shows Total holds 187 patents at rank #2,115, 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 #2,115 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Total, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01V (Geophysics), Total ranks #22 of 835 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

CSIR 53 Varian Medical Systems International AG 53 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC 53 Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH & Co KG 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).

Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology Inc. 13.9 avg VAT Holding AG 13.9 avg Sport Maska Inc. 13.9 avg Institut Polytechnique DE Bordeaux 13.9 avg

Total's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	7.5%
2016	22	11.8%
2017	27	14.4%
2018	34	18.2%
2019	37	19.8%
2020	20	10.7%
2021	18	9.6%
2022	8	4.3%
2023	6	3.2%
2024	1	0.5%

Which technologies does Total SA patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 67

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 47

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 22

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 21

B01D - Separation 18

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 15

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 12

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 10

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 9

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 9

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 7

Top 15 of 98 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

Total SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Total SA's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 35.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #2,115 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Total SA against LANDIS+GYR Innovations, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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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