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Baker Hughes Holdings LLC

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5,979Patents
3,860Active
5,979Granted
61Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 19, 1980 → Feb 27, 2024 · 1,538 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5829520A Method and apparatus for testing, completion and/or maintaining wellbores using a sensor device Fixed Constructions 420 Expired
US6176323A Drilling systems with sensors for determining properties of drilling fluid downhole Fixed Constructions 394 Expired
US5560440A Bit for subterranean drilling fabricated from separately-formed major components Fixed Constructions 379 Expired
US5388648A Method and apparatus for sealing the juncture between a vertical well and one or more horizontal wells using deformable sealing means Fixed Constructions 364 Expired
US6088294A Drilling system with an acoustic measurement-while-driving system for determining parameters of interest and controlling the drilling direction Physics 347 Expired
US5959547A Well control systems employing downhole network Fixed Constructions 329 Expired
US5460233A Diamond cutting structure for drilling hard subterranean formations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 316 Expired
US5318122A Method and apparatus for sealing the juncture between a vertical well and one or more horizontal wells using deformable sealing means Fixed Constructions 294 Expired
US5842149A Closed loop drilling system Fixed Constructions 291 Expired
US6021377A Drilling system utilizing downhole dysfunctions for determining corrective actions and simulating drilling conditions Fixed Constructions 288 Expired
US5839508A Downhole apparatus for generating electrical power in a well Fixed Constructions 287 Expired
US5447208A Superhard cutting element having reduced surface roughness and method of modifying Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 284 Expired
US5812068A Drilling system with downhole apparatus for determining parameters of interest and for adjusting drilling direction in response thereto Physics 281 Expired
US5361859A Expandable gage bit for drilling and method of drilling Fixed Constructions 271 Expired
US6021850A Downhole pipe expansion apparatus and method Fixed Constructions 258 Expired
US5653300A Modified superhard cutting elements having reduced surface roughness method of modifying, drill bits equipped with such cutting elements, and methods of drilling therewith Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 250 Expired
US6167965A Electrical submersible pump and methods for enhanced utilization of electrical submersible pumps in the completion and production of wellbores Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 245 Expired
US6029748A Method and apparatus for top to bottom expansion of tubulars Fixed Constructions 244 Expired
US6281489A Monitoring of downhole parameters and tools utilizing fiber optics Physics 242 Expired
US6588266B2 Monitoring of downhole parameters and tools utilizing fiber optics Physics 240 Expired
US6206108A Drilling system with integrated bottom hole assembly Fixed Constructions 234 Expired
US5597042A Method for controlling production wells having permanent downhole formation evaluation sensors Fixed Constructions 232 Expired
US6103031A Continous power/signal conductor and cover for downhole use Electricity 226 Expired
US6585046B2 Live well heater cable Fixed Constructions 225 Expired
US6233524A Closed loop drilling system Fixed Constructions 225 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.