Where does Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited ranks #6,396 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 Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited hold?

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited's Innovation Score?

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited's patents?

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited's patents average 18.5 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 Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures 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

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited

Q: What technology areas does Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited focus on?

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited'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 37 patents, ranking #90 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 31 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: 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, Transocean ranks #6,396 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 31 technology areas.

#6,396
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6396 · Foreign Corporation #6,396 · 53 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,396/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taris Biomedical
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taris Biomedical LLC (±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 Transocean’s 51.2 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 13.8 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 19.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ascendis Pharma A/S · near

51
Institut National… · near

51
National Health… · near

51
Transocean Sedco… · this assignee

51
Yamaguchi University · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Transocean's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Transocean?

Each dot is one of Transocean’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). Transocean’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Transocean's grants concentrate

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 69.8% 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 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Transocean sits between Taris Biomedical LLC and UIH America, Inc..

Transocean's three-year grant acceleration

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Taris Biomedical

53
Tenga

53
Thine

53
TPI Composites

53
Teknor Apex

53
The Research Foun…

53
Totani

53
UIH America

53
Transocean Sedco… ◀

53

What this shows Transocean holds 53 patents at rank #6,391, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Transocean

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,391 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Transocean, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling), Transocean ranks #90 of 1,363 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Yamaguchi University 51 Ascendis Pharma A/S 51 National Health Research Institutes 51 Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH 18.5 avg Nice Ltd. 18.5 avg EMC IP Holding Company LLC 18.5 avg Peloton Technology, Inc. 18.5 avg

Transocean's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	9.4%
2016	12	22.6%
2017	4	7.5%
2018	5	9.4%
2019	5	9.4%
2020	1	1.9%
2021	6	11.3%
2022	2	3.8%
2023	5	9.4%
2024	5	9.4%
2025partial year	3	5.7%

Which technologies does Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 37

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 10

F16P - Safety Devices IN GENERAL; ; Safety Devices FOR Presses 6

B63J - Auxiliaries ON Vessels 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

Top 15 of 31 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

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited'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), 69.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #6,396 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited against Taris Biomedical LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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.

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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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