Company Analysis

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (HLX)

NYSE: HLX · Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.2
◀ Past 5.3● Present 5.5▶ Future 4.8

Patents

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

20 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 Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
20
20 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 1 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
15
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a former name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'94'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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 engineering2
Mechanical elements1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
3 published
Subsea Technologies Group Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
2 published
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 published
AES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
AES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
Helix Energy Solutions (U.K.) Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Cal Dive International a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
HELIX WELL OPS (U.K.) LIMITED a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
Triton Diving Services, LLC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 15, 202412,117,080Gasket assembly and seal carrierMechanical elementsSubsea Technologies Group Limited
Oct 18, 202211,473,384Method and apparatus of hot tapping multiple coaxial or nested strings of underwater piping and/or tubing for overturned wells or platformsCivil engineeringAES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
Apr 20, 202110,982,493Method and apparatus for salvaging an oil well tubularsCivil engineeringAES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
Dec 1, 202010,851,605Method and apparatus of hot tapping multiple coaxial or nested strings of underwater piping and/or tubing for overturned wells or platformsCivil engineeringAES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
Apr 28, 202010,633,937Lift frame system and method of useCivil engineeringHelix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Mar 31, 202010,605,393Flow line connector assemblyMechanical elementsSubsea Technologies Group Limited
May 21, 201910,293,342Vehicle system and methodChemical engineeringHelix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Aug 28, 201810,060,207Riser system and method of useCivil engineeringHelix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Aug 29, 20179,745,816Method of subsea containment and systemCivil engineeringHelix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Aug 15, 20179,731,796Well intervention semisubmersible vesselTransportHelix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Mar 30, 20232023/0095591METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HOT TAPPING MULTIPLE COAXIAL OR NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMSCivil engineeringAES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
May 20, 20212021/0148180METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HOT TAPPING MULTIPLE COAXIAL OR NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMSCivil engineeringAES-EOT EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC · patent 11,473,384 granted from it
Apr 16, 20202020/0115968WELL INTERVENTION MONOHULL VESSELCivil engineeringHELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
Jun 23, 20162016/0177631WELL INTERVENTION MONOHULL VESSELTransportHELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
Jun 23, 20162016/0175847VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHODChemical engineeringHELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. · patent 10,293,342 granted from it
Jan 28, 20162016/0024867Method of Subsea Containment and SystemCivil engineeringHELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. · patent 9,745,816 granted from it
Jul 2, 20152015/0183495WELL INTERVENTION SEMISUBMERSIBLE VESSELTransportHELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. · patent 9,731,796 granted from it
Apr 2, 20152015/0090464LIFT FRAME SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USECivil engineeringHELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. · patent 10,633,937 granted from it
Dec 25, 20142014/0374114Subsea Intervention SystemCivil engineeringHELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. · patent 9,273,536 granted from it
May 29, 20142014/0144648CONNECTORCivil engineeringSubsea Technologies Group Limited · patent 9,631,438 granted from it

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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