Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
245 patents granted to the 8 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 Equinor ASA’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
245
245 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
14
Against 15 in 2024 and 22 in 2023
Applications published
268
16 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a former name, a subsidiary, its own name
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 engineering49
Measurement17
Chemical engineering6
Engines, pumps, turbines6
Mechanical elements6
Environmental technology3
Computer technology3
Transport2
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Control1
Basic materials chemistry1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
STATOIL ASA a former name
NO, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in ZA)
106 granted
95 publishedEquinor Energy AS a subsidiary
NO, as the owner printed on each patent
118 granted
61 publishedEQUINOR ENERGY AS a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NO
0 granted
84 publishedStatoilHydro ASA a former name
NO, as the owner printed on each patent
16 granted
21 publishedSTATOIL ASA a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in NO
0 granted
6 publishedSTATOIL a former name
NO, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 publishedEQUINOR ASA its own name
NO, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 publishedEQUINOR ENERGY a subsidiary
NO, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,509,951 | Method and system for monitoring influx and loss events in a wellbore | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 12,486,754 | Well assembly monitoring | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,460,508 | Electronic inflow control device | Mechanical elements | Equinor Energy AS |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 12,454,871 | Downhole tool, assembly and associated methods | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,372,018 | Hydrocarbon production system with reduced carbon dioxide emission | Environmental technology | Equinor Energy AS |
| Jun 24, 2025 | 12,338,595 | Foundation modularization | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Jun 17, 2025 | 12,331,723 | Floating wind turbine control below rated wind speed | Engines, pumps, turbines | Equinor Energy AS |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,320,239 | Inflow control device | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,320,201 | Optically machine readable identifiers for tubular sections | Computer technology | Equinor Energy AS |
| May 13, 2025 | 12,296,364 | Gas compressor cleaning | Chemical engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0376916 | INFLOW CONTROL DEVICE | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 2025/0347185 | ACTIVELY CONTROLLED BAILER | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2025/0334562 | CALCULATION OF EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY COEFFICIENTS FOR MUD-GAS ANALYSIS | Civil engineering | Equinor Energy AS |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 2025/0334097 | CONTROLLING DIFFUSION OF A WAKE GENERATED BY A WIND TURBINE | Engines, pumps, turbines | EQUINOR ENERGY AS |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0314789 | INTERNAL IMAGING AND MODEL CONSTRUCTION | Measurement | Equinor Energy AS |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0314240 | SENSING WITHIN A SUBSEA ELECTRIC ARCHITECTURE IN A WIND FARM | Measurement | Equinor Energy AS |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0313310 | ASYMMETRIC FLOATING WIND TURBINE INSTALLATION | Transport | EQUINOR ENERGY AS |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 2025/0263983 | WHIPSTOCK ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF INSTALLING THE WHIPSTOCK ASSEMBLY | Civil engineering | EQUINOR ENERGY AS |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 2025/0207726 | A METHOD OF STORING ETHANE | Mechanical elements | EQUINOR ENERGY AS |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 2025/0123258 | Prediction of Reservoir Fluid Properties from Mud-Gas Data | Computer technology | EQUINOR ENERGY AS |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Civil engineering 14 · Computer technology 2 · Engines, pumps, turbines 2 · Environmental technology 2 · Mechanical elements 2 · Measurement 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.