Where does Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. ranks #29,478 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 Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. hold?

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.3 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 Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift 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

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. focus on?

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load) with 5 patents, ranking #75 of 447 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mitsubishi ranks #29,478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 15 technology areas.

#29,478
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29478 · Foreign Corporation #29,478 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,478/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Minkonet
CPC-FOCUS B66F · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Minkonet Corporation (±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 Mitsubishi’s 26.1 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 8.0 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (52%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Mitsubishi Nichiyu… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mitsubishi's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 Mitsubishi?

Each dot is one of Mitsubishi’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). Mitsubishi’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mitsubishi's grants concentrate

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Mitsubishi sits between Minkonet Corporation and Molten Corporation.

Minkonet

9
Minmaxmedical

9
Minnich Manufactu…

9
Mission Support A…

9
MK Systems USA

9
Moac Blockchain T…

9
Mobiltech

9
Molten

9
Mitsubishi Nichiy… ◀

9

What this shows Mitsubishi holds 9 patents at rank #29,402, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mitsubishi

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,402 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66F (Hoisting)

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

Mitsubishi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	55.6%
2016	2	22.2%
2018	1	11.1%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. patent most?

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

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 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-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

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

F02N - Starting OF Combustion ENGINES; Starting Aids FOR Such Engines, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

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

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

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What to do with this data

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B66F (Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66F
Ranked #29,478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. against Minkonet Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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

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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

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