{
    "code": "6794",
    "title": "Patent Owners and Lessors",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry",
    "major_group_code": "67",
    "parent_code": "679",
    "parent_title": "Miscellaneous Investing",
    "plain_english_definition": "",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "Establishments primarily engaged in owning or leasing franchises, patents, and copyrights which they in turn license others to use.",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/sic-manual/6794",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [
        "Copyright buying and licensing",
        "Franchises, selling or licensing",
        "Music licensing to radio stations",
        "Music royalties, sheet and record",
        "Patent buying and licensing"
    ],
    "excluded_activities": [],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "6792",
            "title": "Oil Royalty Traders",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/6792/oil-royalty-traders",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "6794",
            "title": "Patent Owners and Lessors",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/6794/patent-owners-lessors",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "6798",
            "title": "Real Estate Investment Trusts",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/6798/real-estate-investment-trusts",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "6799",
            "title": "Investors, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/6799/investors",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "533110",
            "title": "Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/533110/lessors-nonfinancial-intangible-assets"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Home Franchise Concepts, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/home-franchise-concepts-llc",
            "city": "Orange",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "National Retail Properties",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/national-retail-properties",
            "city": "Orlando",
            "state": "FL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "RPX Corp",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/rpx-corp",
            "city": "San Francisco",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Hydromer Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/hydromer-inc",
            "city": "Somerville",
            "state": "NJ",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Strategic Franchising Systems",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/strategic-franchising-systems",
            "city": "Cincinnati",
            "state": "OH",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Genesis Hospitality Group, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/genesis-hospitality-group-llc",
            "city": "Orlando",
            "state": "FL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Baskin Robbins Franchising, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/baskin-robbins-franchising-llc",
            "city": "Canton",
            "state": "MA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "FAT Brands Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/fat-brands-inc",
            "city": "Beverly Hills",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Pendrell Corp",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/pendrell-corp",
            "city": "Kirkland",
            "state": "WA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Senior Helpers",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/senior-helpers",
            "city": "Lutherville Timonium",
            "state": "MD",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Spherix Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/spherix-inc",
            "city": "New York",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 525,
    "email_contact_count": 131,
    "phone_count": 297,
    "website_count": 545,
    "database_as_of": "Nov 13, 2026",
    "count_type": "commercial",
    "count_disclaimer": "These are SICCODE.com commercial database counts, not official government establishment totals. Website-Reviewed & Enriched is a separate review of company websites for products, services, markets, and fit.",
    "canonical_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/6794/patent-owners-lessors",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/6794.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}