Where does Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. ranks #18,121 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 Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. hold?

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. has an Innovation Score of 35.5 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. focus on?

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 7 patents, ranking #66 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s patents?

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s patents average 18.6 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 Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. 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

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 15 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, Sluis ranks #18,121 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 15 technology areas.

#18,121
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.5/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18121 · Foreign Corporation #18,121 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,121/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sistemi Sospensioni…
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.A. (±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 Sluis’s 35.5 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 9.8 pts (28%) Velocity 0.8 pts (2%) Breadth 13.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sluis Cigar… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sluis's Innovation Score is 35.5/100 (top 49% 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 Sluis?

Each dot is one of Sluis’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). Sluis’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sluis's grants concentrate

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 43.8% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sluis sits between Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.A. and Smartwash Solutions, LLC.

Sluis's three-year grant acceleration

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Sistemi Sospensio…

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16
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16
Sluis Cigar Machi… ◀

16

What this shows Sluis holds 16 patents at rank #18,092, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sluis

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,092 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Sluis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% 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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Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2017	3	18.8%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	5	31.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 6

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 1

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 1

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 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 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

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 43.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #18,121 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V. against Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.5/100 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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