Where does Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. ranks #38,288 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 Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. hold?

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2022, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. has an Innovation Score of 25.0 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'s patents?

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'s patents average 19.4 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 Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. 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

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. focus on?

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'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 7 patents, ranking #483 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2022. 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, Weatherford ranks #38,288 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 1 technology areas.

#38,288
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.0/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38288 · Foreign Corporation #38,288 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #38,288/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Warrior Rig
CPC-NARROW E21B · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Warrior Rig Technologies Limited (±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 Weatherford’s 25.0 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 7.2 pts (29%) Velocity 2.7 pts (11%) Breadth 3.5 pts (14%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Weatherford… · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Weatherford's Innovation Score is 25.0/100 (16th 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 Weatherford?

Each dot is one of Weatherford’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). Weatherford’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Weatherford's grants concentrate

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 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 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Weatherford sits between Warrior Rig Technologies Limited and WellSIM Biomedical Technologies, Inc..

Weatherford's three-year grant acceleration

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. shows 2 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.

Warrior Rig

7
Waterbox OY

7
Waters Industries

7
Waterstone

7
Weener Plastics G…

7
Weidmann Holding

7
Welbilt Deutschla…

7
Wellsim Biomedical

7
Weatherford Nethe… ◀

7

What this shows Weatherford holds 7 patents at rank #38,296, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Weatherford

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,296 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Weatherford's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2022

Grants by year

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

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Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	57.1%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 7

Top 1 of 1 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

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Weatherford Netherlands, B.V.'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 #38,288 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Weatherford Netherlands, B.V. against Warrior Rig Technologies Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.0/100 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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