Where does Nickolas Brands, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nickolas Brands, LLC ranks #12,591 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 Nickolas Brands, LLC hold?

Nickolas Brands, LLC holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Nickolas Brands, LLC's Innovation Score?

Nickolas Brands, LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nickolas Brands, LLC focus on?

Nickolas Brands, LLC's top technology area is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories) with 1 patents, ranking #232 of 376 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nickolas Brands, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nickolas Brands, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Nickolas Brands, LLC's patents?

Nickolas Brands, LLC's patents average 1.7 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 Nickolas Brands, LLC 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

Nickolas Brands, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2024. 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, Nickolas ranks #12,591 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 2 technology areas.

#12,591
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 1.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12591 · US Corporation #12,591 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,591/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NEW Japan Radio
CPC-NARROW A47K · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2024 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NEW Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (±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 Nickolas’s 37.1 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 11.1 pts (30%) Velocity 20.0 pts (54%) Breadth 5.0 pts (13%) Claim depth 1.0 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nickolas Brands · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nickolas's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 44% 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 Nickolas?

Each dot is one of Nickolas’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). Nickolas’s own 1.7 claims/patent is at or below the 7.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nickolas's grants concentrate

Nickolas Brands, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 4.2% of grants classified under A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (13 grants) versus a trough of 11 in 2023. By volume, Nickolas sits between NEW Japan Radio Co., Ltd. and NOV Downhole Eurasia Limited.

Nickolas's three-year grant acceleration

Nickolas Brands, LLC shows 24 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.

NEW Japan Radio

24
Newtl

24
Nextvpu (Shanghai)

24
NGD Systems

24
Nisshin Seifun Gr…

24
Nittoku Engineeri…

24
Nostalgia Products

24
NOV Downhole Eura…

24
Nickolas Brands ◀

24

What this shows Nickolas holds 24 patents at rank #12,583, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nickolas

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,583 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

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

Nickolas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2024

Grants by year

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

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Nickolas Brands, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	11	45.8%
2024	13	54.2%

Which technologies does Nickolas Brands, LLC patent most?

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Nickolas Brands, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nickolas Brands, LLC's lead technology class is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories), 4.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47K
Ranked #12,591 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nickolas Brands, LLC against NEW Japan Radio Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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

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.