Where does Element Six Technologies Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Element Six Technologies Limited ranks #4,329 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 Technologies Limited hold?

Element Six Technologies Limited holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Element Six Technologies Limited's Innovation Score?

Element Six Technologies Limited has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Element Six Technologies Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Element Six Technologies Limited's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Technologies Limited's patents?

Element Six Technologies Limited's patents average 14.3 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 Technologies Limited 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 Technologies Limited

Q: What technology areas does Element Six Technologies Limited focus on?

Element Six Technologies Limited's top technology area is C30B (Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI) with 52 patents, ranking #9 of 414 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 38 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: C30B (Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Element ranks #4,329 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 38 technology areas.

#4,329
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4329 · Foreign Corporation #4,329 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,329/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CBS Interactive
CPC-FOCUS C30B · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CBS Interactive 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 51.1 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 15.3 pts (30%) Velocity 5.5 pts (11%) Breadth 21.8 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alexion Pharmaceutic… · near

51
Element Six · this assignee

51
Institute OF… · near

51
Lepton Computing · near

51
Vulcan Industrial… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Element's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Element's grants concentrate

Element Six Technologies Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 63.4% of grants classified under C30B (Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrys). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (19 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2024. By volume, Element sits between CBS Interactive Inc. and Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd..

Element's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Element Six Technologies Limited moved from 22 to 18 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

CBS Interactive

82
Citizen Machinery

82
Driv Automotive

82
Eisenmann SE

82
Elringklinger

82
Frank's Internati…

82
Futaba

82
Faurecia Clarion

82
Element Six ◀

82

What this shows Element holds 82 patents at rank #4,327, 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 #4,327 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C30B (Single-crystal Growth)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Element, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C30B (Single-crystal Growth), Element ranks #9 of 414 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Institute OF Process Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 51 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 51 Lepton Computing LLC 51 Vulcan Industrial Holdings, LLC 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.3 here).

UNIVERSITÉ Paris-sud 14.3 avg Cadila Healthcare Ltd. 14.3 avg Saint Louis University 14.3 avg Invacare Corporation 14.3 avg

Element's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Technologies Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	23.2%
2016	8	9.8%
2017	7	8.5%
2018	6	7.3%
2019	10	12.2%
2020	6	7.3%
2021	6	7.3%
2022	8	9.8%
2023	6	7.3%
2024	4	4.9%
2025partial year	2	2.4%

Which technologies does Element Six Technologies Limited patent most?

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 52

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 37

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 21

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 13

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 7

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 7

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 6

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 4

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

Top 15 of 38 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 Technologies Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Element Six Technologies Limited's lead technology class is C30B (Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrys), 63.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C30B
Ranked #4,329 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Element Six Technologies Limited against CBS Interactive Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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