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Slice Engineering LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Slice ranks #33,355 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#33,355
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
19th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.9/100)
9.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33355 · US Corporation #33,355 · 8 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
  • MID-PACK #33,355/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Skygrid
  • CPC-NARROW B29L · 3 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 25.9/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skygrid, LLC (±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 Slice’s 25.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Slice

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Slice's Innovation Score is 25.9/100 (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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Slice?

Each dot is one of Slice’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). Slice’s own 9.3 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Slice vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.088.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Skygrid, LLC - 8, 19.12SkygridSkyre Inc. - 8, 17.62SkyreSlcket, Inc. - 8, 19SlcketSleep Solutions Inc - 8, 18.62Sleep SolutionsSlis, Inc. - 8, 4.75SlisSmart Picture Technologies, Inc. - 8, 23.5Smart PictureSmartorg, Inc. - 8, 4SmartorgSmiths Interconnect, Inc. - 8, 14.5Smiths Interconne…Slice Engineering LLC - 8, 9.25Slice Engineering
Slice vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Slice's grants concentrate

Slice Engineering LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Slice sits between Skygrid, LLC and Smiths Interconnect, Inc..

Slice's three-year grant acceleration

Slice Engineering LLC 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.

Who files at Slice's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Slice holds 8 patents at rank #33,231, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Slice

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,231 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c)

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

Slice'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

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Slice Engineering LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2020 4 50.0%
2023 3 37.5%
2024 1 12.5%

Which technologies does Slice Engineering LLC patent most?

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Slice Engineering LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Slice Engineering LLC's lead technology class is B29L (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29L
  • Ranked #33,355 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Slice Engineering LLC against Skygrid, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 25.9/100 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

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.