E21B 19/14
Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly
Official title: Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole (E21B19/20, E21B19/22 take precedence)
E21B19/14 (Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly) appears on 1,098 US grants and 974 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E21B- Granted patents
- 1,098
- Published applications
- 974
- Assignees
- 432
- Inventors
- 1,647
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 31 | 30 |
| 2025 | 36 | 26 |
| 2026 | 21 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Retention feature for tubulars in a fingerboard6 Oct 2026US 12,753,662 B2Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
- Rod handling system for a drilling rig6 Oct 2026US 12,753,663 B2Tribe Tech UK Ltd
- Methods and systems for earth drilling6 Oct 2026US 12,753,664 B2Mhwirth AS
- Tubular handling apparatus and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,723,475 B2Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
- Automated drilling arrangement1 Sep 2026US 12,723,476 B2
- A rod handling apparatus and a method for handling drill rods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308991 A1Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag
- Pipe loader apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308992 A1The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
- A rod handling device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286791 A1Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag
- Drill rod loader for drilling machines24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286792 A1Comacchio S.R.L.
- Horizontal directional drilling system with drill string breakout monitoring10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266146 A1Vermeer Manufacturing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for handling well pipe213US 4,765,401 AVarco International, Inc. · 1988
- Mechanized stand handling apparatus for drilling rigs197US 4,274,778 A1981
- System for handling tubulars on a rig168US 10,995,564 B2National Oilwell Varco, L. P. · 2021
- Pipe running tool166US 6,443,241 B1Varco I/P, Inc. · 2002
- Top drive torque restraint system154US 5,107,940 AHydratech · 1992