- All sections
- E - Fixed constructions
- E21B - Earth or rock drillingobtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B 7/28 - Enlarging drilled holes, e.g. by counterboring
Patent holdings for IPC class E21B 7/28
Total number of patents in this class: 431
10-year publication summary
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51
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33
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43
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41
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28
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24
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24
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16
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9
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10
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Baker Hughes Incorporated | 5247 |
34 |
| Schlumberger Technology Corporation | 10717 |
27 |
| Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | 20891 |
24 |
| Smith International, Inc. | 717 |
18 |
| Schlumberger Canada Limited | 7296 |
15 |
| Schlumberger Technology B.v. | 5168 |
15 |
| Herrenknecht AG | 203 |
15 |
| Services Petroliers Schlumberger | 5788 |
15 |
| Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 13155 |
11 |
| Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | 2023 |
9 |
| Extreme Technologies, LLC | 27 |
9 |
| Quanta Associates, L.P. | 432 |
9 |
| The Charles Machine Works, Inc. | 405 |
8 |
| Master Sinkers (Pty) Ltd | 7 |
7 |
| Baker Hughes Holdings LLC | 3007 |
7 |
| Southeast Directional Drilling, LLC | 12 |
6 |
| Precise Drilling Components Ltd. | 8 |
6 |
| Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC | 2112 |
6 |
| Optionx Holdings Pty Ltd | 11 |
6 |
| Schlumberger Holdings Limited | 2828 |
5 |
| Other owners | 179 |