Where does Nice-Pak Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nice-Pak Products, Inc. ranks #18,945 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 Nice-Pak Products, Inc. hold?

Nice-Pak Products, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nice-Pak Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th 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 Nice-Pak Products, Inc. focus on?

Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s top technology area is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories) with 3 patents, ranking #126 of 376 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s patents?

Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s patents average 8.2 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 Nice-Pak Products, 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

Nice-Pak Products, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nice-pak ranks #18,945 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 6 technology areas.

#18,945
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18945 · US Corporation #18,945 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,945/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neurala
CPC-NARROW A47K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neurala, 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 Nice-pak’s 27.6 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 9.6 pts (35%) Velocity 4.4 pts (16%) Breadth 8.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nice-Pak Products · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nice-pak's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 Nice-pak?

Each dot is one of Nice-pak’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). Nice-pak’s own 8.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nice-pak's grants concentrate

Nice-Pak Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nice-pak sits between Neurala, Inc. and Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd.

Nice-pak's three-year grant acceleration

Nice-Pak Products, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Neurala

15
New Way Machine C…

15
Nexen Group

15
Nexisvision

15
Nickel & Suede

15
Nifty Home Produc…

15
Nikon SLM Solutio…

15
Ningbo Litesun El…

15
Nice-pak Products ◀

15

What this shows Nice-Pak holds 15 patents at rank #18,950, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nice-Pak

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,950 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nice-Pak's primary technology class.

Nice-pak's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Nice-Pak Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	20.0%
2016	5	33.3%
2017	1	6.7%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	1	6.7%
2024	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Nice-Pak Products, Inc. patent most?

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nice-Pak Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47K
Ranked #18,945 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nice-Pak Products, Inc. against Neurala, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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