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Next Level Ventures LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Next ranks #16,234 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 3 technology areas.

#16,234
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100)
4.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16234 · US Corporation #16,234 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
  • MID-PACK #16,234/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Neodyne Biosciences
  • CPC-NARROW A24F · 3 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
  • CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neodyne Biosciences, 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 Next’s 39.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Next

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Next's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Next?

Each dot is one of Next’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). Next’s own 4.8 claims/patent is at or below the 20.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Next vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 17.917.91818.1 0102030 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Neodyne Biosciences, Inc. - 18, 20.94Neodyne Bioscienc…Netskrt Systems, Inc. - 18, 20.61Netskrt SystemsNeurimmune Holding AG - 18, 25.5Neurimmune HoldingNext Biometrics Group ASA - 18, 21.72Next Biometrics G…Nimble Robotics, Inc. - 18, 20.44Nimble RoboticsNingbo VGR Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. - 18, 1Ningbo VGR Electr…Ningbo Zhenhai Keyda Magnet Co., Ltd. - 18, 1Ningbo Zhenhai Ke…Nivel Parts & Manufacturing Co., LLC - 18, 15.11Nivel Parts & Man…Next Level Ventures LLC - 18, 4.78Next Level Ventur…
Next vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Next's grants concentrate

Next Level Ventures LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Next sits between Neodyne Biosciences, Inc. and Nivel Parts & Manufacturing Co., LLC.

Next's three-year grant acceleration

Next Level Ventures LLC shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Who files at Next's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Next holds 18 patents at rank #16,241, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Next

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,241 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Next's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Next Level Ventures LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2023 2 11.1%
2024 12 66.7%
2025partial year 4 22.2%

Which technologies does Next Level Ventures LLC patent most?

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Next Level Ventures LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Next Level Ventures LLC's lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
  • Ranked #16,234 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Next Level Ventures LLC against Neodyne Biosciences, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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

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.