Where does Nicoventures Holdings Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nicoventures Holdings Limited ranks #3,936 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 Nicoventures Holdings Limited hold?

Nicoventures Holdings Limited holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Nicoventures Holdings Limited's Innovation Score?

Nicoventures Holdings Limited has an Innovation Score of 39.8 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nicoventures Holdings Limited focus on?

Nicoventures Holdings Limited's top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 54 patents, ranking #15 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nicoventures Holdings Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nicoventures Holdings Limited's recent grant velocity is -54% 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 Nicoventures Holdings Limited's patents?

Nicoventures Holdings Limited's patents average 11.0 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 Nicoventures Holdings Limited 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

Nicoventures Holdings Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 92 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Nicoventures ranks #3,936 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 22 technology areas.

#3,936
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.8/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3936 · Foreign Corporation #3,936 · 92 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,936/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Microvision
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Microvision, 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 Nicoventures’s 39.8 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 15.7 pts (39%) Velocity 1.0 pts (3%) Breadth 16.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gingy Technology · near

40
Mhwirth AS · near

40
Nicoventures Holdings · this assignee

40
Virsec Systems · near

40
Vixs Systems · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nicoventures's Innovation Score is 39.8/100 (top 37% 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 Nicoventures?

Each dot is one of Nicoventures’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). Nicoventures’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nicoventures's grants concentrate

Nicoventures Holdings Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 58.7% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (25 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2015. By volume, Nicoventures sits between Microvision, Inc. and Safran Landing Systems UK Ltd..

Nicoventures's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nicoventures Holdings Limited moved from 47 to 7 grants (0.15x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Microvision

92
Mongodb

92
Morphotrust USA

92
Nautilus

92
Orbital Research

92
Puzhen Life

92
Qlogic

92
Safran Landing Sy…

92
Nicoventures Hold… ◀

92

What this shows Nicoventures holds 92 patents at rank #3,936, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nicoventures

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,936 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nicoventures, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A24F (Smokers' Requisites), Nicoventures ranks #15 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Vixs Systems, Inc. 40 Gingy Technology Inc. 40 Mhwirth AS 40 Virsec Systems, Inc. 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.0 here).

Sotera Wireless, Inc. 11.0 avg Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co., Ltd. 11.0 avg Albea Services 11.0 avg Randox Laboratories Ltd. 11.0 avg

Nicoventures's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Nicoventures Holdings Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.4%
2016	5	5.4%
2017	8	8.7%
2018	20	21.7%
2019	25	27.2%
2020	17	18.5%
2021	5	5.4%
2022	7	7.6%

Which technologies does Nicoventures Holdings Limited patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 54

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 22

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 17

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 14

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 10

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 5

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Nicoventures Holdings Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nicoventures Holdings Limited's lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 58.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #3,936 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nicoventures Holdings Limited against Microvision, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.8/100 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.