Where does Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. ranks #39,992 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 Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. hold?

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 21.7 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. focus on?

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s top technology area is C22C (Alloys) with 2 patents, ranking #484 of 948 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s patents?

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s patents average 8.3 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 Element Six (Production) (PTY) 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

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C22C (Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Element ranks #39,992 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#39,992
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.7/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39992 · Foreign Corporation #39,992 · 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 #39,992/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elastic Path Software
CPC-NARROW C22C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elastic Path Software, 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 Element’s 21.7 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 (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (23%)

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What this shows Element's Innovation Score is 21.7/100 (9th 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 Element?

Each dot is one of Element’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). Element’s own 8.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Element's grants concentrate

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under C22C (Alloys). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Element sits between Elastic Path Software, Inc. and Elkins Earthworks, LLC.

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What this shows Element holds 6 patents at rank #40,054, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Element

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,054 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22C (Alloys)

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

Element's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2017	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. patent most?

C22C - Alloys 2

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 2

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd.'s lead technology class is C22C (Alloys), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22C
Ranked #39,992 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Element Six (Production) (PTY) Ltd. against Elastic Path Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.7/100 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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