Where does 6K Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 6K Inc. ranks #10,835 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 6K Inc. hold?

6K Inc. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is 6K Inc.'s Innovation Score?

6K Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.4 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 6K Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for 6K Inc..

What does claim depth mean for 6K Inc.'s patents?

6K Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 6K Inc. 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 US Corporation

6K Inc.

Q: What technology areas does 6K Inc. focus on?

6K Inc.'s top technology area is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder) with 18 patents, ranking #81 of 926 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 6K ranks #10,835 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 21 technology areas.

#10,835
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.4/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10835 · US Corporation #10,835 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,835/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 17live Japan
CPC-FOCUS B22F · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 17live Japan Inc. (±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 6K’s 57.4 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 11.6 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 16.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
6K · this assignee

57
Central Glass · near

57
Concept Laser · near

57
GAS Technology… · near

57
Hyperfine Operations · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 6K's Innovation Score is 57.4/100 (top 5% 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 6K?

Each dot is one of 6K’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). 6K’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where 6K's grants concentrate

6K Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 64.3% of grants classified under B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, 6K sits between ZMC Metal Coating Inc. and Alipay Labs (SINGAPORE) PTE. Ltd..

6K's three-year grant acceleration

6K Inc. shows 21 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

ZMC Metal Coating

29
Zipline Internati…

29
e-aam Driveline S…

29
17live Japan

28
A K Stamping

28
Acutus Medical

28
Advanced Technolo…

28
Alipay Labs (Sing…

28
6K ◀

28

What this shows 6K holds 28 patents at rank #10,835, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 6K

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,835 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22F (Working Metallic Powder)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for 6K, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B22F (Working Metallic Powder), 6K ranks #81 of 926 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Concept Laser, GmbH 57 Central Glass Company, Limited 57 Hyperfine Operations, Inc. 57 GAS Technology Institute 57

6K's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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6K Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	7.1%
2022	5	17.9%
2023	9	32.1%
2024	7	25.0%
2025partial year	5	17.9%

Which technologies does 6K Inc. patent most?

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 18

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 16

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 12

C22C - Alloys 11

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 10

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 9

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 5

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 4

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

Top 15 of 21 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

6K Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

6K Inc.'s lead technology class is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22F
Ranked #10,835 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 6K Inc. against ZMC Metal Coating Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.4/100 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.