Where does Unick Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unick Corporation ranks #21,966 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 Unick Corporation hold?

Unick Corporation holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Unick Corporation's Innovation Score?

Unick Corporation has an Innovation Score of 32.7 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Unick Corporation focus on?

Unick Corporation's top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 10 patents, ranking #206 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Unick Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unick Corporation's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Unick Corporation's patents?

Unick Corporation's patents average 6.9 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 Unick Corporation 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

Unick Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unick ranks #21,966 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 18 technology areas.

#21,966
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.7/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21966 · Foreign Corporation #21,966 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,966/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ubic
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ubic, Inc. (±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 Unick’s 32.7 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 9.1 pts (28%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 15.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 4.2 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Unick · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Unick's Innovation Score is 32.7/100 (42nd 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 Unick?

Each dot is one of Unick’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). Unick’s own 6.9 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Unick's grants concentrate

Unick Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Unick sits between U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Universite DE Lille 1 Sciences ET Technologies.

Unick's three-year grant acceleration

Unick Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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U S Pole

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Ubic

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UEA Enterprises

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United Orthopedic

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Universidad DE Za…

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What this shows Unick holds 13 patents at rank #21,963, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unick

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,963 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Unick's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Unick Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	2	15.4%
2018	1	7.7%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Unick Corporation patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 10

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Unick Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unick Corporation's lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 76.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #21,966 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unick Corporation against U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.7/100 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

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.