USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Nicoventures Trading Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 511 granted patents across 62 technology areas, active 2021–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A24F (SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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511

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

13.2

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Nicoventures holds 511 US patents across 62 technology areas, rank #888 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#888
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 0.1%
by Innovation Score (74.5/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Nicoventures Trading Limited has been granted 511 US utility patents between 2021 and 2025, placing Nicoventures Trading Limited at rank #888 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 62 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in A24F (SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES). As a Foreign Corporation, Nicoventures Trading Limited is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Nicoventures sits between DISH Technologies L.l.c. (512 patents, rank #884) and KLA Corporation (503 patents, rank #892) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 74.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Historical data spans 2021 through 2025, with 511 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Nicoventures Trading Limited's 13.2 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 62 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Nicoventures Trading Limited against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

DISH L L C

512
Emory University

512
Kennametal

512
Jiangnan Universi…

511
Sumitomo Metal Mi…

511
Nicoventures Trad… ◀

511
Entegris

509
Nuvasive

504
KLA

503

What this shows Nicoventures holds 511 patents at rank #888, 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 #888 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Nicoventures's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

74 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nicoventures Trading Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	33	6.5%
2022	58	11.4%
2023	91	17.8%
2024	170	33.3%
2025	159	31.1%

Which technologies does Nicoventures Trading Limited patent most?

A24F - SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES 335

H05B - ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL 113

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 111

A24B - MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF 100

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES 74

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 28

A24C - MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES 17

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 15

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 15

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 15

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 12

H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY 9

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 7

H02M - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF 7

A23L - FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF 5

Top 15 of 62 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#888

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

74.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Nicoventures Trading Limited hold?

Nicoventures Trading Limited holds 511 US granted patents filed between 2021 and 2025, spanning 62 technology areas.

What is Nicoventures Trading Limited's Innovation Score?

Nicoventures Trading Limited has an Innovation Score of 74.5 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nicoventures Trading Limited focus on?

Nicoventures Trading Limited's top technology area is A24F (SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES) with 335 patents. The company has filed patents in 62 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nicoventures Trading Limited's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nicoventures Trading Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Nicoventures Trading Limited's patents?

Nicoventures Trading Limited's patents average 13.2 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Nicoventures Trading 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.

How to use this portfolio

Nicoventures's 511 grants land it in the top 0.1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Nicoventures ranks #888 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A24F - see who else leads that technology area. A24F leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.