Where does Vetco Gray Controls Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vetco Gray Controls Limited ranks #30,551 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 Vetco Gray Controls Limited hold?

Vetco Gray Controls Limited holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Vetco Gray Controls Limited's Innovation Score?

Vetco Gray Controls Limited has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vetco Gray Controls Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vetco Gray Controls Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Vetco Gray Controls Limited's patents?

Vetco Gray Controls Limited's patents average 16.8 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 Vetco Gray Controls 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

Vetco Gray Controls Limited

Q: What technology areas does Vetco Gray Controls Limited focus on?

Vetco Gray Controls 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 5 patents, ranking #669 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Vetco ranks #30,551 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 15 technology areas.

#30,551
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30551 · Foreign Corporation #30,551 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,551/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Versabev
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Versabev, 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 Vetco’s 31.7 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 8.0 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vetco Gray Controls · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vetco's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 Vetco?

Each dot is one of Vetco’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). Vetco’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vetco's grants concentrate

Vetco Gray Controls Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 55.6% 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 2016. By volume, Vetco sits between Versabev, Inc. and Vibrant Composites Inc..

Versabev

9
Vertigo Media

9
Vessel Brand

9
Vestaron

9
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9
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9
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9
Vibrant Composites

9
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9

What this shows Vetco holds 9 patents at rank #30,534, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vetco

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,534 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Vetco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Vetco Gray Controls Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	55.6%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	2	22.2%
2018	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Vetco Gray Controls Limited patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 5

H04B - Transmission 3

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

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

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Vetco Gray Controls Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vetco Gray Controls 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), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #30,551 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vetco Gray Controls Limited against Versabev, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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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