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Weatherford International plc (WFRD)

Nasdaq: WFRD · Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2014
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

80 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 Weatherford International plc’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
80
79 utility, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 3 in 2024 and 2 in 2023
Applications published
54
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
11
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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 engineering17
Telecommunications1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
Weatherford U.K. Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
37 granted
3 published
Weatherford U.K. Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
30 published
WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
23 granted
5 published
Weatherford International, LLC its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
3 published
Weatherford Australia Pty Limited a subsidiary
AU, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
4 published
Weatherford Industria E Comercio Ltda a subsidiary
BR, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
3 published
WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
0 granted
2 published
Weatherford U.S.L.P. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
WEATHERFORD INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO LTDA a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BR
0 granted
1 published
WEATHERFORD NORGE AS a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NO
0 granted
1 published
Weatherford International, LLC its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (1)
Weatherford, LLC
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in RU. 5 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 26, 202412,152,486Method and system for remotely signalling a downhole assembly comprising one or more downhole toolCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
May 7, 202411,976,531Apparatus and methods for use in wellbore packingCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Jan 23, 202411,879,312ScreensCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Oct 31, 202311,802,454Downhole anchorCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Sep 12, 202311,753,902Downhole apparatusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Oct 25, 202211,480,017Connector apparatusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Sep 6, 202211,434,728Completion system apparatusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Aug 9, 202211,408,251Pressure operated apparatus and methodCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Jun 7, 202211,352,861Perforating apparatusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Mar 1, 202211,261,704Method and apparatus for washing an annulusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 12, 20232023/0323767Method And System For Remotely Signalling A Downhole Assembly Comprising One Or More Downhole ToolCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 12,152,486 granted from it
Sep 14, 20232023/0287747Downhole AnchorCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,802,454 granted from it
Dec 9, 20212021/0381346SCREENSCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,879,312 granted from it
May 20, 20212021/0148188Downhole ApparatusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,220,886 granted from it
Mar 18, 20212021/0079745Downhole AnchorCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,802,454 granted from it
Feb 18, 20212021/0047899DOWNHOLE APPARATUSCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,753,902 granted from it
Feb 4, 20212021/0032954Apparatus and Methods for Use in Wellbore PackingCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,976,531 granted from it
Dec 10, 20202020/0386083Completion System ApparatusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,434,728 granted from it
Dec 3, 20202020/0378217Pressure Operated Apparatus and MethodCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,408,251 granted from it
Nov 19, 20202020/0362675Perforating ApparatusCivil engineeringWeatherford U.K. Limited · patent 11,352,861 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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