Where does Six Continents Hotels, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Six Continents Hotels, Inc. ranks #37,569 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 Six Continents Hotels, Inc. hold?

Six Continents Hotels, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Six Continents Hotels, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s patents?

Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s patents average 16.4 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 Six Continents Hotels, 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

Six Continents Hotels, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Six Continents Hotels, Inc. focus on?

Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s top technology area is E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General) with 4 patents, ranking #179 of 795 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 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: E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Six ranks #37,569 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#37,569
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37569 · US Corporation #37,569 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,569/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sioux City Tarp
CPC-NARROW E04H · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sioux City Tarp, 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 Six’s 29.7 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 9.4 pts (32%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Six Continents Hotels · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Six's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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 Six?

Each dot is one of Six’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). Six’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Six's grants concentrate

Six Continents Hotels, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Six sits between Sioux City Tarp, Inc. and Skydrop Holdings, LLC.

Six's three-year grant acceleration

Six Continents Hotels, Inc. shows 1 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.

Sioux City Tarp

7
Sire Spirits

7
Sirona Dental

7
Sitzmann Tools

7
Skeletal Kinetics

7
Skolkovo Institut…

7
Skybox Imaging

7
Skydrop Holdings

7
Six Continents Ho… ◀

7

What this shows Six holds 7 patents at rank #37,649, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Six

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,649 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular Purposes)

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

Six's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% 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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Six Continents Hotels, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2016	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Six Continents Hotels, Inc. patent most?

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 4

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Six Continents Hotels, Inc.'s lead technology class is E04H (Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04H
Ranked #37,569 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Six Continents Hotels, Inc. against Sioux City Tarp, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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.

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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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