Where does THE Sweet Living Group, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Sweet Living Group, LLC ranks #20,524 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 THE Sweet Living Group, LLC hold?

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's Innovation Score?

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's patents?

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's patents average 12.8 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 THE Sweet Living Group, LLC 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 US Corporation

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC

Q: What technology areas does THE Sweet Living Group, LLC focus on?

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's top technology area is D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials) with 13 patents, ranking #10 of 332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #20,524 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,524
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20524 · US Corporation #20,524 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,524/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Texa S P A
CPC-NARROW D06M · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Texa 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 THE’s 28.9 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 9.4 pts (32%) Velocity 1.9 pts (7%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
THE Sweet Living Group · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (29th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for THE?

Each dot is one of THE’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). THE’s own 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, THE sits between Texa S.P.A. and Tigers Polymer Corporation.

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Texa S P A

14
THE Boots

14
THE Lycra

14
THE Metal Ware

14
Thomson Industries

14
Thornhill Scienti…

14
THX

14
Tigers Polymer

14
THE Sweet Living… ◀

14

What this shows THE holds 14 patents at rank #20,502, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,502 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D06M (Treatment)

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

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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THE Sweet Living Group, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.1%
2016	4	28.6%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2022	1	7.1%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does THE Sweet Living Group, LLC patent most?

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 13

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 12

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 8

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 7

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 7

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 7

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

Top 8 of 8 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

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Sweet Living Group, LLC's lead technology class is D06M (Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D06M
Ranked #20,524 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Sweet Living Group, LLC against Texa S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.9/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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