Where does Varel Europe S.A.S. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Varel Europe S.A.S. ranks #17,331 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 Varel Europe S.A.S. hold?

Varel Europe S.A.S. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Varel Europe S.A.S.'s Innovation Score?

Varel Europe S.A.S. has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Varel Europe S.A.S.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Varel Europe S.A.S.'s recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Varel Europe S.A.S.'s patents?

Varel Europe S.A.S.'s patents average 21.8 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 Varel Europe S.A.S. 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

Varel Europe S.A.S.

Q: What technology areas does Varel Europe S.A.S. focus on?

Varel Europe S.A.S.'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 15 patents, ranking #241 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Varel ranks #17,331 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 13 technology areas.

#17,331
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17331 · Foreign Corporation #17,331 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,331/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vacuworx Global
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vacuworx Global, 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 Varel’s 39.2 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 10.0 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 12.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Varel Europe S · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Varel's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 Varel?

Each dot is one of Varel’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). Varel’s own 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Varel's grants concentrate

Varel Europe S.A.S. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 88.2% 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 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Varel sits between Viavi Solutions Deutschland GMBH and Venetec International, Inc..

Varel's three-year grant acceleration

Varel Europe S.A.S. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Viavi Solutions D…

17
Visual Photonics…

17
Vacuworx Global

17
Value-added Commu…

17
Variation Biotech…

17
Vascutek

17
Vector Atomic

17
Venetec Internati…

17
Varel Europe S ◀

17

What this shows Varel holds 17 patents at rank #17,337, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Varel

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,337 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Varel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Varel Europe S.A.S. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	29.4%
2016	3	17.6%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	1	5.9%
2023	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Varel Europe S.A.S. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 15

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 4

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C22C - Alloys 2

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

B23C - Milling 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

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

B22C - Foundry Moulding 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Varel Europe S.A.S.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Varel Europe S.A.S.'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), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #17,331 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Varel Europe S.A.S. against Viavi Solutions Deutschland GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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