Where does Nanowear Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nanowear Inc. ranks #20,124 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 Nanowear Inc. hold?

Nanowear Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Nanowear Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nanowear Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nanowear Inc. focus on?

Nanowear Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 7 patents, ranking #2,341 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nanowear Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nanowear Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nanowear Inc.'s patents?

Nanowear Inc.'s patents average 23.1 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 Nanowear Inc. 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

Nanowear Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nanowear ranks #20,124 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 18 technology areas.

#20,124
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 23.1
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20124 · US Corporation #20,124 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,124/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nakamura-tome…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nakamura-tome Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (±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 Nanowear’s 41.2 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 9.4 pts (23%) Velocity 3.0 pts (7%) Breadth 15.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Akzo Nobel · near

41
GlobeImmune · near

41
Innova Patent · near

41
Nanowear · this assignee

41
ST John's University · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nanowear's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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 Nanowear?

Each dot is one of Nanowear’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). Nanowear’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nanowear's grants concentrate

Nanowear Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Nanowear sits between Nakamura-tome Precision Industry Co., Ltd. and National Center FOR Advanced Packaging Co., Ltd..

Nanowear's three-year grant acceleration

Nanowear Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Nakamura-tome Pre…

14
Nanjing Drum Towe…

14
Nanobacterie

14
Nanogrid

14
Nantong T-sun NEW…

14
Nantong Textile &…

14
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14
National Center F…

14
Nanowear ◀

14

What this shows Nanowear holds 14 patents at rank #20,118, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nanowear

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,118 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nanowear, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Nanowear ranks #2,341 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

ST. John's University 41 Akzo Nobel N.V. 41 Innova Patent GMBH 41 GlobeImmune, Inc. 41

Nanowear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

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

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Nanowear Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.1%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	5	35.7%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Nanowear Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 7

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 2

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 2

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nanowear Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nanowear Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #20,124 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nanowear Inc. against Nakamura-tome Precision Industry Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 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

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