Saudi Aramco has a total of 40,388 patents globally, out of which 16,882 have been granted. Of these 40,388 patents, more than 62% patents are active. United States of America is where Saudi Aramco has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and China, it has generated an annual revenue of $ 229.9 billion in the year 2020. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center.
Saudi Aramco was founded in 1933 by Standard Oil Co. of California and Govt of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco is a public petroleum and natural gas company. As of January 2022, Saudi Aramco has a market cap of $1.894 Trillion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Saudi Aramco which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Saudi Aramco patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Saudi Aramco patent portfolio.
How many patents does the CEO of Saudi Aramco have?
The CEO, Amin Hassan Nasser has 0 patents.
How many patents does Saudi Aramco have?
Saudi Aramco has a total of 40,388 patents globally. These patents belong to 11,587 unique patent families. Out of 40,388 patents, 25063 patents are active.
How many Saudi Aramco patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Saudi Aramco File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Saudi Aramco Applications Filed | Saudi Aramco Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 1214 | 938 |
| 2012 | 2507 | 1143 |
| 2013 | 1979 | 1430 |
| 2014 | 2683 | 1740 |
| 2015 | 2608 | 1891 |
| 2016 | 3402 | 2482 |
| 2017 | 3320 | 3378 |
| 2018 | 4203 | 4012 |
| 2019 | 3551 | 4669 |
| 2020 | 2191 | 5308 |
| 2021 | 589 | 5326 |
How Many Patents did Saudi Aramco File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Saudi Aramco Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 8887 |
| Europe | 5568 |
| China | 4700 |
| Japan | 2597 |
| Korea (South) | 2375 |
| Gulf Cooperation Council | 1197 |
| India | 1177 |
| Canada | 1046 |
| Singapore | 929 |
| Germany | 895 |
| Taiwan | 500 |
| Australia | 438 |
| Brazil | 431 |
| Spain | 393 |
| Austria | 295 |
| Saudi Arabia | 262 |
| Russia | 256 |
| Mexico | 210 |
| Eurasian Patent Organization | 188 |
| Malaysia | 144 |
| Norway | 76 |
| Poland | 67 |
| South Africa | 60 |
| Indonesia | 59 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 57 |
| Thailand | 54 |
| Turkey | 52 |
| Denmark | 37 |
| Morocco | 29 |
| Argentina | 27 |
| Hungary | 20 |
| Portugal | 16 |
| United Kingdom | 12 |
| Viet Nam | 12 |
| Philippines | 11 |
| Israel | 11 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 5 |
| Egypt | 5 |
| Slovenia | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 |
| France | 2 |
| Europe | 2 |
| Colombia | 2 |
| Chile | 2 |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Belarus | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| Algeria | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Saudi Aramco Patents Located?
10 Best Saudi Aramco Patents
US6883201B2 is the most popular patent in the Saudi Aramco portfolio. It has received 526 citations so far from companies like Toshiba Corp, Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd, and Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Saudi Aramco:
| Publication Number | Count of Citing Patents |
| US6883201B2 | 526 |
| US6809490B2 | 489 |
| US6690134B1 | 477 |
| US6594844B2 | 466 |
| US7024278B2 | 376 |
| US6781338B2 | 374 |
| US7155308B2 | 350 |
| US7188000B2 | 326 |
| US7173391B2 | 306 |
| US7636982B2 | 297 |
Which Companies are using Saudi Aramco Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the Saudi Aramco patent portfolio are Shpp Global Technologies, LG and Halliburton Energy Services.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| Shpp Global Technologies | 66 |
| LG | 60 |
| Halliburton Energy Services | 50 |
| Samsung | 45 |
| Covestro | 44 |
| General Electric | 29 |
| Irobot | 26 |
| Idemitsu Kosan | 26 |
| Lotte | 24 |
| Basf | 23 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Saudi Aramco Patents
Top Saudi Aramco Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US9256711B2 | 22 |
| US20070231542A1 | 22 |
| US6809490B2 | 16 |
| US20040229051A1 | 15 |
| US7706915B2 | 14 |
| US7026432B2 | 14 |
| US20080015298A1 | 14 |
| US7155308B2 | 13 |
| US7309727B2 | 13 |
| US6883201B2 | 13 |
| US7015640B2 | 12 |
| US6689835B2 | 12 |
| US10108783B2 | 12 |
| US7129444B2 | 11 |
| US7744749B2 | 10 |
What Percentage of Saudi Aramco US Patent Applications were Granted?
Saudi Aramco (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 4919 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 3571 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 90.45%.
Below are the key stats of Saudi Aramco patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Saudi Aramco?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Bracewell Llp | 1527 | 93.35% |
| Fish & Richardson P C Da | 1190 | 93.89% |
| Abelman Frayne & Schwab | 478 | 82.96% |
| Dinsmore & Shohl Llp | 419 | 95.13% |
| Leason Ellis Llp | 304 | 95.74% |
| Cantor Colburn Llp Sabic Americas | 296 | 72.22% |
| Choate Saudi Arabian Oil Company Asc And Sao | 97 | 98.28% |
| Norton Rose Fulbright Us Llp | 80 | 88.00% |
| Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton Llp | 59 | 100.00% |
| Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Llp | 56 | 76.79% |
Saudi Aramco boasts the world’s fastest-growing technology portfolio, embracing industry-leading technologies across the board to produce oil and gas more efficiently, reliably, and sustainably.
Saudi Aramco is concentrating its efforts on upstream research and technology development, which will aid in the finding and recovery of hydrocarbon resources. Aramco has used advances — such as machine learning and predictive analytics — to grow their production by almost 2 million barrels of oil per day.
The Shallow Water Inspection and Monitoring Robot (SWIM-R) is a Saudi Aramco-developed underwater inspection robot. The SWIM-R robot can be remotely operated to perform underwater inspection tasks in shallow water environments, which prove difficult for traditional diving support vessels. The robot can be deployed from shore or by using a low-cost inflatable vessel, reducing inspection time and costs, and can complete inspection tasks four times faster than divers.
Saudi Aramco has diversified its portfolio to include sustainable and renewable energy, carbon capture, use, and storage, environmental sciences, energy storage, water conservation and reuse, and other technologies such as artificial intelligence and robots.
Their sensor technology has made it possible to collect well log data in a more efficient and cost-effective manner. Measuring generated fluids in a reservoir at various velocities and phases has become less complicated and more precise.
From cutting-edge materials for heavy-hydrocarbon separation to the deployment of reservoir nanoagents for improved monitoring and imaging, you name it and Saudi Aramco has it!
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What are Saudi Aramco’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Saudi Aramco?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Saudi Aramco in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Saudi Aramco thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Saudi Aramco search focus changed over the years?
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