Where does Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. ranks #12,758 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/Lamb, Inc. hold?

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.9 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 Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -96% 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/Lamb, Inc.'s patents?

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.'s patents average 23.5 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/Lamb, 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

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. focus on?

Weatherford/Lamb, 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 20 patents, ranking #178 of 1,363 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Weatherford/lamb ranks #12,758 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 15 technology areas.

#12,758
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 23.5
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12758 · US Corporation #12,758 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,758/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Virtual Instruments…
CPC-FOCUS E21B · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Virtual Instruments Worldwide, 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 Weatherford/lamb’s 38.9 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 11.1 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 14.1 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Weatherford/Lamb · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Weatherford/lamb's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (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 Weatherford/lamb?

Each dot is one of Weatherford/lamb’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/lamb’s own 23.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Weatherford/lamb's grants concentrate

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 83.3% 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 2015 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Weatherford/lamb sits between Virtual Instruments Worldwide, Inc. and Workshops for Warriors.

Virtual Instrumen…

24
Warn Automotive

24
Western NEW Engla…

24
Wynright

24
Websense

24
Williamsrdm

24
Worksport

24
Workshops for War…

24
Weatherford/Lamb ◀

24

What this shows Weatherford/Lamb holds 24 patents at rank #12,758, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Weatherford/Lamb

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,758 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Weatherford/lamb'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 · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	79.2%
2016	3	12.5%
2017	1	4.2%
2020	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 20

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

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

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 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

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Weatherford/Lamb, 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), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #12,758 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. against Virtual Instruments Worldwide, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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