Where does 3X Engineering rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 3X Engineering ranks #38,497 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does 3X Engineering hold?

3X Engineering holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is 3X Engineering's Innovation Score?

3X Engineering has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 3X Engineering's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

3X Engineering's recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for 3X Engineering's patents?

3X Engineering's patents average 11.8 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the 3X Engineering patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

3X Engineering

Q: What technology areas does 3X Engineering focus on?

3X Engineering's top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 6 patents, ranking #355 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 3X ranks #38,497 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#38,497
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38497 · Foreign Corporation #38,497 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,497/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 3G Bikes
CPC-NARROW F16L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 3G Bikes, LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How 3X’s 29.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (23%) Breadth 8.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
3X Engineering · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 3X's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (30th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for 3X?

Each dot is one of 3X’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). 3X’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

3X vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 3X's grants concentrate

3X Engineering is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, 3X sits between 3G Bikes, LLC and 7 Hills Pharma Inc..

3X's three-year grant acceleration

3X Engineering shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

3G Bikes

6
3spine

6
3ST Research

6
3V Sigma S P A

6
4 C's Spray Equip…

6
4C Air

6
6degrees

6
7 Hills Pharma

6
3X Engineering ◀

6

What this shows 3X holds 6 patents at rank #38,498, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 3X

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,498 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 3X's primary technology class.

3X's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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3X Engineering patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2017	3	50.0%
2018	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does 3X Engineering patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 6

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

3X Engineering's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

3X Engineering's lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #38,497 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 3X Engineering against 3G Bikes, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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