Downhole Motors and Turbodrills Patents: Top Companies, Trends 2026
Downhole Motors and Turbodrills Patents: Who Leads and Where Filing Is Heading
44.6% of all 12,266 records sit with the five leading assignees, and 60.6% with the top ten — this is a field with a narrow set of incumbents controlling most of the claim space. Filings peaked at 708 in 2017 and have since settled into a lower, largely flat band: 380 records in 2021 against 389 in 2024, a +2% move over that three-year span. Treat 2025 and 2026 figures as incomplete rather than as evidence of decline.
- 1BAKER HUGHES CO14.7%
- 2HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC14.2%
- 3SCHLUMBERGER TECH CORP7.1%
- 4SAS INSTITUTE INC4.5%
- 5SERVICES PETROLIERS SCHLUMBERGER SA4.1%
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Common questions about downhole motor and turbodrill patents
Who holds the most patents on downhole motors and turbodrills?
The assignee ranking for this dataset is led by one company with 1,801 records, well ahead of the rest of the field — fifth place sits at 508 and tenth at 324. The top five assignees combined hold 44.6% of all 12,266 records in scope, and the top ten hold 60.6%. Several of the leading names are affiliated entities within the same corporate groups, filing under related but distinct legal entity names across jurisdictions, which is common in the drilling-services sector.
Is patent filing in downhole motors and turbodrills growing or slowing?
Filing peaked in 2017 at 708 records and has since settled at a lower, largely flat level: 380 records in 2021 versus 389 in 2024, a +2% move over that span. This is best read as a mature field holding steady rather than one accelerating or declining. Figures from 2025 onward are still incomplete because publication typically lags filing by about 18 months, so recent-year drops should not be read as a real slowdown.
What technical areas dominate the patent claims in this field?
E21B, the earth-and-rock-drilling classification, covers 84.3% of the 12,266 records in scope, confirming that mechanical hardware — power sections, elastomer stators, bent housings, thrust bearing assemblies — is the dominant claim target. Smaller but present shares sit in geophysics and surveying (G01V, 9.8%) and digital data processing (G06F, 5.8%), pointing to a secondary layer of sensing and control activity built on top of the mechanical core.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Downhole Motors and Turbodrills covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.