Nickel & Suede LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Nickel ranks #18,946 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 0 technology areas.
- #18,946
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 5th percentile
- by Innovation Score (18.2/100)
- 1.0
- avg claims per patent
- +450%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18946 · US Corporation #18,946 · 15 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
- MID-PACK #18,946/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH New Way Machine…
- CPC-UNK CPC blank
- INNOV-LOW 18.2/100
- CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +450% vel
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: New Way Machine Components, 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 Nickel’s 18.2 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 Nickel
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Nickel & Suede · this assignee 18
Nickel & Suede · this assignee
18 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Nickel's Innovation Score is 18.2/100 (5th 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 Nickel?
Each dot is one of Nickel’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). Nickel’s own 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 7.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Nickel's grants concentrate
Nickel & Suede LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nickel sits between New Way Machine Components, Inc. and Ningbo Pureza Technology Co., Ltd..
Nickel's three-year grant acceleration
Nickel & Suede LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 Nickel's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- New Way Machine C…
New Way Machine Components, Inc.
15 patents
- Nexen Group
Nexen Group, Inc.
15 patents
- Nexisvision
NexisVision, Inc.
15 patents
- Nice-pak Products
Nice-Pak Products, Inc.
15 patents
- Nifty Home Produc…
Nifty Home Products, Inc
15 patents
- Nikon SLM Solutio…
Nikon SLM Solutions AG
15 patents
- Ningbo Litesun El…
Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd
15 patents
- Ningbo Pureza Tec…
Ningbo Pureza Technology Co., Ltd.
15 patents
- Nickel & Suede ◀
Nickel & Suede LLC
15 patents
What this shows Nickel holds 15 patents at rank #18,951, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Nickel
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,951 in granted patent volume.
- New Way Machine Components, Inc. #18,947 · 15 patents
- Nexen Group, Inc. #18,948 · 15 patents
- NexisVision, Inc. #18,949 · 15 patents
- Nice-Pak Products, Inc. #18,950 · 15 patents
- Nifty Home Products, Inc #18,952 · 15 patents
- Nikon SLM Solutions AG #18,953 · 15 patents
- Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd #18,954 · 15 patents
- Ningbo Pureza Technology Co., Ltd. #18,955 · 15 patents
Nickel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 5 | 33.3% |
| 2022 | 3 | 20.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | 20.0% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 13.3% |
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Nickel & Suede LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Ranked #18,946 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Nickel & Suede LLC against New Way Machine Components, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 18.2/100 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.
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.