Where does TRC Services, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TRC Services, Inc. ranks #21,937 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 TRC Services, Inc. hold?

TRC Services, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is TRC Services, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

TRC Services, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.6 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is TRC Services, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TRC Services, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 TRC Services, Inc.'s patents?

TRC Services, Inc.'s patents average 20.7 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 TRC Services, Inc. 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

TRC Services, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does TRC Services, Inc. focus on?

TRC Services, Inc.'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 12 patents, ranking #316 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, TRC ranks #21,937 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 11 technology areas.

#21,937
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.6/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21937 · US Corporation #21,937 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,937/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TPR Industry
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TPR Industry Co., Ltd. (±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 TRC’s 34.6 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 9.1 pts (26%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 11.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TRC Services · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows TRC's Innovation Score is 34.6/100 (48th 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 TRC?

Each dot is one of TRC’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). TRC’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where TRC's grants concentrate

TRC Services, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 92.3% 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 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, TRC sits between TPR Industry Co., Ltd. and Trinity Innovative Solutions LLC.

TRC's three-year grant acceleration

TRC Services, Inc. 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.

TPR Industry

13
Tractable

13
Trainingmask L L C

13
Trans Union

13
Tri-great Interna…

13
Triad Sports Group

13
Tricol Biomedical

13
Trinity Innovativ…

13
TRC Services ◀

13

What this shows TRC holds 13 patents at rank #21,900, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TRC

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,900 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

TRC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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TRC Services, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.7%
2017	2	15.4%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	4	30.8%

Which technologies does TRC Services, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 12

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 4

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

C23G - Cleaning OR De-greasing OF Metallic Material BY Chemical Methods Other Than Electrolysis 2

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 11 of 11 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

TRC Services, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TRC Services, Inc.'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), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #21,937 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TRC Services, Inc. against TPR Industry Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.6/100 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

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