Where does West Drilling Products AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), West Drilling Products AS ranks #44,074 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 West Drilling Products AS hold?

West Drilling Products AS holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is West Drilling Products AS's Innovation Score?

West Drilling Products AS has an Innovation Score of 21.0 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is West Drilling Products AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

West Drilling Products AS'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 West Drilling Products AS's patents?

West Drilling Products AS's patents average 15.5 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 West Drilling Products AS 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

West Drilling Products AS

Q: What technology areas does West Drilling Products AS focus on?

West Drilling Products AS'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 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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, West ranks #44,074 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#44,074
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.0/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44074 · Foreign Corporation #44,074 · 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 #44,074/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Welltec Manufacturin…
CPC-NARROW E21B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Welltec Manufacturing Center Completions ApS (±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 West’s 21.0 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 6.7 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
West Drilling… · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows West's Innovation Score is 21.0/100 (8th 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 West?

Each dot is one of West’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). West’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where West's grants concentrate

West Drilling Products AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 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 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, West sits between Welltec Manufacturing Center Completions ApS and Westlake Vinyl Corporation.

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6
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6
West Coast Trends

6
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6
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6
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6
Westlake Vinyl

6
West Drilling Pro… ◀

6

What this shows West holds 6 patents at rank #44,064, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near West

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,064 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

West's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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West Drilling Products AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	66.7%
2020	2	33.3%

Which technologies does West Drilling Products AS patent most?

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

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

Top 2 of 2 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

West Drilling Products AS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

West Drilling Products AS'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 #44,074 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare West Drilling Products AS against Welltec Manufacturing Center Completions ApS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.0/100 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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