Where does Unico, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unico, LLC ranks #18,240 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 Unico, LLC hold?

Unico, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Unico, LLC's Innovation Score?

Unico, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.8 out of 100 (46th 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 Unico, LLC focus on?

Unico, LLC's top technology area is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps) with 8 patents, ranking #158 of 1,184 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Unico, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unico, LLC's recent grant velocity is -44% 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 Unico, LLC's patents?

Unico, LLC's patents average 10.7 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 Unico, 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

Unico, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 19 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: F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unico ranks #18,240 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 19 technology areas.

#18,240
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.8/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18240 · US Corporation #18,240 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,240/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ulstein Design &…
CPC-FOCUS F04B · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ulstein Design & Solutions AS (±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 Unico’s 33.8 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 (29%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 15.4 pts (46%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Unico · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unico's Innovation Score is 33.8/100 (46th 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 Unico?

Each dot is one of Unico’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). Unico’s own 10.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Unico's grants concentrate

Unico, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Unico sits between UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM HAMBURG—EPPENDORF and Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH.

Unico's three-year grant acceleration

Unico, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

UniversitÄTsklini…

16
UniversitÉ DE Tou…

16
USA Sports

16
Ulstein Design &…

16
Universal Can

16
Uplay1

16
Uptake Medical Te…

16
Uvex Arbeitsschutz

16
Unico ◀

16

What this shows Unico holds 16 patents at rank #18,245, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unico

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,245 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids)

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

Unico's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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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Unico, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	3	18.8%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Unico, LLC patent most?

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 8

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 7

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

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

B01D - Separation 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Unico, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unico, LLC's lead technology class is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04B
Ranked #18,240 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unico, LLC against UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM HAMBURG—EPPENDORF, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.8/100 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.