Where does Nicolon Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nicolon Corporation ranks #26,973 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 Nicolon Corporation hold?

Nicolon Corporation holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Nicolon Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nicolon Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nicolon Corporation focus on?

Nicolon Corporation's top technology area is D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles) with 8 patents, ranking #59 of 586 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nicolon Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nicolon Corporation's recent grant velocity is +700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nicolon Corporation's patents?

Nicolon Corporation's patents average 27.7 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 Nicolon Corporation 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 Foreign Corporation

Nicolon Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nicolon ranks #26,973 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 15 technology areas.

#26,973
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 27.7
avg claims per patent: +700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26973 · Foreign Corporation #26,973 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,973/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Newell Window…
CPC-FOCUS D10B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Newell Window Furnishings, 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 Nicolon’s 43.6 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 8.3 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 13.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nicolon · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nicolon's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Nicolon?

Each dot is one of Nicolon’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). Nicolon’s own 27.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nicolon's grants concentrate

Nicolon Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nicolon sits between Newell Window Furnishings, Inc. and Nippon Gas Co., Ltd..

Nicolon's three-year grant acceleration

Nicolon Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Newell Window Fur…

10
Nextern

10
Nextorch Industri…

10
Nice North America

10
Niconovum USA

10
Ningbo Qisen Tech…

10
Ningbo Sanhan All…

10
Nippon Gas

10
Nicolon ◀

10

What this shows Nicolon holds 10 patents at rank #26,984, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nicolon

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,984 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D)

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

Nicolon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nicolon Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2020	4	40.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Nicolon Corporation patent most?

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 8

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 1

D04B - Knitting 1

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 1

D02J - Finishing OR Dressing OF Filaments, Yarns, Threads, Cords, Ropes OR THE Like 1

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Nicolon Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nicolon Corporation's lead technology class is D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D10B
Ranked #26,973 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nicolon Corporation against Newell Window Furnishings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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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