Where does 6degrees Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 6degrees Ltd. ranks #38,500 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 6degrees Ltd. hold?

6degrees Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is 6degrees Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

6degrees Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.3 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 6degrees Ltd. focus on?

6degrees Ltd.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 6 patents, ranking #2,680 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is 6degrees Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for 6degrees Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for 6degrees Ltd.'s patents?

6degrees Ltd.'s patents average 19.8 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 6degrees Ltd. 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

6degrees Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 6degrees ranks #38,500 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#38,500
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38500 · Foreign Corporation #38,500 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,500/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 3V Sigma S P A
CPC-NARROW A61B · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 3V Sigma S.P.A. (±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 6degrees’s 47.3 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 (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 8.7 pts (18%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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6degrees · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows 6degrees's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (top 19% 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 6degrees?

Each dot is one of 6degrees’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). 6degrees’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

6degrees vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 6degrees's grants concentrate

6degrees Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, 6degrees sits between 3V Sigma S.P.A. and 9051147 Canada Inc..

6degrees's three-year grant acceleration

6degrees Ltd. shows 5 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.

3V Sigma S P A

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3X Engineering

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4 C's Spray Equip…

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4C Air

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7 Hills Pharma

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777388 Ontario

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8479950 Canada

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9051147 Canada

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What this shows 6degrees holds 6 patents at rank #38,501, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 6degrees

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,501 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 6degrees's primary technology class.

6degrees's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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6degrees Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	3	50.0%
2024	2	33.3%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does 6degrees Ltd. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

6degrees Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

6degrees Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #38,500 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 6degrees Ltd. against 3V Sigma S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.