Where does Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ranks #23,035 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 Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. hold?

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.8 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 Nakata Manufacturing 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

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal) with 7 patents, ranking #93 of 818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nakata ranks #23,035 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 15 technology areas.

#23,035
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23035 · Foreign Corporation #23,035 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,035/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mulesoft
CPC-FOCUS B21D · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mulesoft, LLC (±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 Nakata’s 34.5 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 8.9 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 13.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 5.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nakata Manufacturing · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nakata's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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 Nakata?

Each dot is one of Nakata’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). Nakata’s own 8.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nakata's grants concentrate

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nakata sits between Mulesoft, LLC and Natcore Technology, Inc..

Nakata's three-year grant acceleration

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Mulesoft

12
Multibeam

12
Naade

12
Naandanjain Irrig…

12
Nanobiosys

12
Nantenergy

12
Nantmobile

12
Natcore Technology

12
Nakata Manufactur… ◀

12

What this shows Nakata holds 12 patents at rank #23,026, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nakata

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,026 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes)

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

Nakata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	41.7%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%
2023	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. patent most?

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 7

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B23C - Milling 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21D
Ranked #23,035 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nakata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. against Mulesoft, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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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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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