Where does Nicox Science Ireland rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nicox Science Ireland ranks #36,685 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 Nicox Science Ireland hold?

Nicox Science Ireland holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Nicox Science Ireland's Innovation Score?

Nicox Science Ireland has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nicox Science Ireland's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nicox Science Ireland's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Nicox Science Ireland's patents?

Nicox Science Ireland's patents average 17.1 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 Nicox Science Ireland 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

Nicox Science Ireland

Q: What technology areas does Nicox Science Ireland focus on?

Nicox Science Ireland's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nicox ranks #36,685 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 6 technology areas.

#36,685
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36685 · Foreign Corporation #36,685 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,685/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NHN Cloud
CPC-NARROW A61K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NHN Cloud Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nicox Science Ireland · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nicox's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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.

Where Nicox's grants concentrate

Nicox Science Ireland is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nicox sits between NHN Cloud Corporation and Ningbo Chima Winch Co., Ltd..

NHN Cloud

7
NHN Studio629

7
Nhwa Pharma

7
Niceconn Technolo…

7
Nidec Chaun-choun…

7
Nikken Kosakusho…

7
Ningbo Beidou Out…

7
Ningbo Chima Winch

7
Nicox Science Ire… ◀

7

What this shows Nicox holds 7 patents at rank #36,617, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nicox

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,617 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Nicox's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Nicox Science Ireland patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Nicox Science Ireland patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 6

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

C07K - Peptides 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,685

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nicox Science Ireland's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nicox Science Ireland's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #36,685 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nicox Science Ireland against NHN Cloud Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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

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