Noble Corporation plc (NE)
NYSE: NE · Drilling Oil & Gas Wells · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2021
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202622 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 Noble Corporation plc’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
22
22 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
1
Against 2 in 2024 and 7 in 2023
Applications published
6
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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 engineering4
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy2
Transport2
Handling1
Engines, pumps, turbines1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
NOBLE DRILLING A/S a subsidiary
DK, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Noble Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CN, printed in JP)
2 published
Triton Engineering Services Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Noble Drilling A/S a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DK
2 published
Horizon56 A/S a subsidiary
DK, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Names not counted (7)
Noble Drilling Services LLC
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in KY, MX. 20 granted and 8 published under it are not counted.
Diamond Offshore Drilling Company N.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CW, KY. 8 granted and 10 published under it are not counted.
Noble Corp plc
Most of its patents print CN; this name counts in GB, US. 0 granted and 12 published under it are not counted.
Noble Drilling Services LLC
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in KY, MX. 0 granted and 10 published under it are not counted.
Noble Drilling A/S
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in DK. 6 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Diamond Offshore Drilling Company N.V.
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in CW, KY. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Diamond Offshore Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB, KY. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0376913 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING CARBON DIOXIDE | Environmental technology | Noble Drilling A/S |
| Jun 22, 2023 | 2023/0193739 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD FOR PERFORMING WORK-FLOW DRILLING OPERATION MANAGEMENT FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING OPERATIONS | IT methods for management | Horizon56 A/S |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 2023/0103018 | AN OFFSHORE JACK-UP INSTALLATION, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | Environmental technology | NOBLE DRILLING A/S |
| Mar 16, 2023 | 2023/0081177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE IN SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEMS | Engines, pumps, turbines | Noble Drilling A/S · patent 11,873,749 granted from it |
| May 8, 2008 | 2008/0108961 | DISPOSABLE COMMODE LINER | Medical technology | Noble Corporation |
| May 8, 2008 | 2008/0106094 | METHOD USING CUSTOMIZED FLOOR DRAIN FLASHER ADAPTER MEMBRANES | Civil engineering | Noble Corporation · patent 7,632,401 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Environmental technology 1.
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.