Where does Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS ranks #43,774 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 Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS hold?

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS's Innovation Score?

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS's patents?

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS's patents average 17.3 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 Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS 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

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS

Q: What technology areas does Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS focus on?

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS'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, ranking #569 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2020. 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, Tuboscope ranks #43,774 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#43,774
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43774 · Foreign Corporation #43,774 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,774/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TruArmor a division…
CPC-NARROW E21B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TruArmor a division of Clear-Armor, 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 Tuboscope’s 24.2 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 6.7 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tuboscope Vetco… · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tuboscope's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th 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 Tuboscope?

Each dot is one of Tuboscope’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). Tuboscope’s own 17.3 claims/patent is at or below the 20.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tuboscope's grants concentrate

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 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 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Tuboscope sits between TruArmor a division of Clear-Armor, LLC and TurboChef Technologies, LLC.

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What this shows Tuboscope holds 6 patents at rank #43,753, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tuboscope

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,753 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Tuboscope's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2019	3	50.0%
2020	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS patent most?

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

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

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

Top 4 of 4 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

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS'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 #43,774 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tuboscope Vetco (France) SAS against TruArmor a division of Clear-Armor, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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.

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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