Company Analysis

ConocoPhillips (COP)

NYSE: COP · Petroleum Refining · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2001
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◀ Past 5.5● Present 6.5▶ Future 6.0

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,381 patents granted to the 11 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to ConocoPhillips’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,381
1,370 utility, 7 design, 4 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
35
Against 61 in 2024 and 34 in 2023
Applications published
1,157
26 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
11
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Civil engineering102
Measurement35
Basic materials chemistry29
Chemical engineering18
Computer technology7
Environmental technology6
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers5
Digital communication3
Semiconductors2
Basic communication processes2
IT methods for management2
Engines, pumps, turbines2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
ConocoPhillips Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
973 granted
677 published
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
0 granted
455 published
Marathon Oil Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
398 granted
18 published
ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
2 published
COG Operating LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
ConocoPhillips Surmont Partnership a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
COG Operating LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
CONOCOPHILLIPS SKANDINAVIA AS a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NO
0 granted
1 published
ConocoPhillips Surmont Partnership a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
1 published
The Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,509,973ESP shielding via toe-dominant solvent injectionCivil engineeringConocoPhillips Company
Dec 16, 202512,497,862Hydrate removal in hydrocarbon wellsCivil engineeringConocoPhillips Company
Nov 25, 202512,480,394Method and apparatus for acid stimulationCivil engineeringConocoPhillips Company
Oct 28, 202512,455,114Systems and methods for removing nitrogen during liquefaction of natural gasChemical engineeringConocoPhillips Company
Sep 16, 202512,416,741Integrated reservoir characterization using NMR T1-T2 measurementsMeasurementConocoPhillips Company
Sep 16, 202512,416,218Behind casing cementing toolCivil engineeringConocoPhillips Company
Sep 9, 202512,411,091Testing H2S scavengers polymerization factorsBasic materials chemistryConocoPhillips Company
Aug 19, 202512,392,444Stabilization of flow by moveable chokeMechanical elementsConocoPhillips Company
Aug 12, 202512,386,092Optimizing well sequences in a well development zoneIT methods for managementConocoPhillips Company
Aug 12, 202512,385,888Inert fluid assays for sealed core recoveryMeasurementConocoPhillips Company
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0389813MARINE RADAR COVERAGE VERIFICATIONMeasurementCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Dec 18, 20252025/0382877SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION SYSTEMSCivil engineeringCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Dec 11, 20252025/0378508SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTIONIT methods for managementCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Dec 11, 20252025/0378236SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING SALTWATER DISPOSAL RESERVOIRSComputer technologyCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Dec 4, 20252025/0369342OFFSET PRESSURE RESPONSECivil engineeringCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Nov 13, 20252025/0347210HYDROGEN ECOSYSTEM FOR UPSTREAM OIL PRODUCTIONCivil engineeringConocoPhillips Company
Oct 9, 20252025/0314799SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DENOISING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) MEASUREMENTMeasurementCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Oct 9, 20252025/0314407REFRIGERANT ACCUMULATORChemical engineeringCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Oct 9, 20252025/0313742REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS DURING DRILLING IN HYDROCARBON FORMATIONSChemical engineeringCONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Oct 2, 20252025/0304458INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR CH4 AND NH3 SYNTHESISChemical engineeringConocoPhillips Company
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 26 · Chemical engineering 8 · Measurement 7 · Environmental technology 4 · Engines, pumps, turbines 3 · Basic materials chemistry 2.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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