Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR)
NYSE: NBR · Drilling Oil & Gas Wells · Hamilton, Hm08, BM · filing with the SEC since 2002
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202646 patents granted to the 5 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 Nabors Industries Ltd.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
46
46 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
52
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
5
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
Under which name5 counted
NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 published
NABORS DRILLING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED a subsidiary
BM, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
Nabors Industries, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
18 published
Nabors Global Holdings Ltd. a subsidiary
BM, as the owner printed on each patent
13 published
Nabors Drilling International Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BM
8 published
Names not counted (2)
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in BM. 211 granted and 10 published under it are not counted.
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in BM. 0 granted and 212 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2020 | 10,549,293 | System for applying pipe dope to external threads of a pipe | Chemical engineering | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Sep 17, 2019 | 10,415,321 | Washpipe seal assembly | Civil engineering | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Sep 10, 2019 | 10,407,937 | Methods for elevating drilling rig components with a strand jack | Civil engineering | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Jun 18, 2019 | 10,323,473 | Modular racker system for a drilling rig | Civil engineering | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Jan 1, 2019 | 10,167,859 | Hydraulic valve cover assembly | Engines, pumps, turbines | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Dec 11, 2018 | 10,151,153 | Interlock pipe connection | Mechanical elements | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Oct 23, 2018 | 10,107,051 | Methods and systems for tubular validation | Civil engineering | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Aug 28, 2018 | 10,060,199 | Drilling rig carriage movable along racks and including pinions driven by electric motors | Civil engineering | NABORS DRILLING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
| Apr 24, 2018 | 9,951,572 | X-Y-Z pipe racker for a drilling rig | Civil engineering | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| Apr 3, 2018 | 9,932,783 | Laterally moving racker device on a drilling rig | Civil engineering | NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2017 | 2017/0314287 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ELEVATING DRILLING RIG COMPONENTS WITH A STRAND JACK | Civil engineering | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 10,407,937 granted from it |
| Sep 21, 2017 | 2017/0268298 | INTERLOCK PIPE CONNECTION | Mechanical elements | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 10,151,153 granted from it |
| Sep 7, 2017 | 2017/0254162 | X-Y-Z PIPE RACKER FOR A DRILLING RIG | Civil engineering | Nabors Industries, Inc. |
| Jul 27, 2017 | 2017/0209889 | PIPE DOPING APPARATUS | Chemical engineering | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 10,549,293 granted from it |
| Dec 29, 2016 | 2016/0376808 | DRILLING RIG COLUMN RACKER AND METHODS OF ERECTING SAME | Civil engineering | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 9,879,442 granted from it |
| Dec 22, 2016 | 2016/0369909 | Hydraulic Valve Cover Assembly | Engines, pumps, turbines | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 10,167,859 granted from it |
| Dec 15, 2016 | 2016/0362941 | WASHPIPE SEAL ASSEMBLY | Civil engineering | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 10,415,321 granted from it |
| Nov 3, 2016 | 2016/0319610 | Methods and Systems for Tubular Validation | Civil engineering | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 10,107,051 granted from it |
| Oct 27, 2016 | 2016/0312548 | DRILLING RIG CARRIAGE MOVABLE ALONG RACKS AND INCLUDING PINIONS DRIVEN BY ELECTRIC MOTORS | Civil engineering | Nabors Drilling International Limited · patent 10,060,199 granted from it |
| Sep 1, 2016 | 2016/0251869 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ELEVATING DRILLING RIG COMPONENTS WITH A STRAND JACK | Civil engineering | Nabors Industries, Inc. · patent 9,739,071 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.