Where does Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. ranks #36,177 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 Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. hold?

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 33.9 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%).

Is Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s patents average 16.7 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 Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. 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

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. focus on?

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 6 patents, ranking #414 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kyusyu ranks #36,177 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#36,177
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36177 · Foreign Corporation #36,177 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,177/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho
CPC-NARROW G02F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho (±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 Kyusyu’s 33.9 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 7.2 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 10.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kyusyu Nanotec Optics · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kyusyu's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (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 Kyusyu?

Each dot is one of Kyusyu’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). Kyusyu’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kyusyu's grants concentrate

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Kyusyu sits between Kuros Biosciences AG and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.

Kyusyu's three-year grant acceleration

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. shows 3 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.

Kuros Biosciences

7
Kyocera SOC

7
Kyoto Pharmaceuti…

7
Kyoto Semiconduct…

7
Kyynel OY

7
Tokyo Kikai Seisa…

7
Kadri Medical

7
Kaiser Foundation…

7
Kyusyu Nanotec Op… ◀

7

What this shows Kyusyu holds 7 patents at rank #36,116, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kyusyu

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,116 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

Kyusyu'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 · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2022	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 6

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

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

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #36,177 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kyusyu Nanotec Optics Co., Ltd. against Kuros Biosciences AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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.

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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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