Where does NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. ranks #26,971 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 NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. hold?

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. focus on?

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 9 patents, ranking #1,005 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for NGK Electronics Devices, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.'s patents?

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.'s patents average 8.7 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 NGK Electronics Devices, 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 Foreign Corporation

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NGK ranks #26,971 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#26,971
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26971 · Foreign Corporation #26,971 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,971/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nexcom International
CPC-NARROW H01L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nexcom International 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 NGK’s 36.2 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 13.3 pts (37%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NGK Devices · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NGK's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 NGK?

Each dot is one of NGK’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). NGK’s own 8.7 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.

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

Where NGK's grants concentrate

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, NGK sits between Nexcom International Co., Ltd. and Nmetric, LLC.

NGK's three-year grant acceleration

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. shows 6 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.

Nexcom Internatio…

10
Nexidia

10
Nexmed Holdings

10
Nexus DX

10
Nimvia

10
Ningbo Botong Pla…

10
Ningbo Lianda Win…

10
Nmetric

10
NGK Devices ◀

10

What this shows NGK holds 10 patents at rank #26,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NGK

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,935 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

NGK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2024	4	40.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

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 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

Top 7 of 7 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

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NGK Electronics Devices, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #26,971 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NGK Electronics Devices, Inc. against Nexcom International Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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

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