Where does NHK International Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NHK International Corporation ranks #49,081 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 NHK International Corporation hold?

NHK International Corporation holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is NHK International Corporation's Innovation Score?

NHK International Corporation has an Innovation Score of 20.6 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NHK International Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NHK International Corporation's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 NHK International Corporation's patents?

NHK International Corporation's patents average 8.4 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 NHK International Corporation 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

NHK International Corporation

Q: What technology areas does NHK International Corporation focus on?

NHK International Corporation's top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NHK ranks #49,081 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#49,081
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.6/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49081 · US Corporation #49,081 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,081/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nexus Health Resources
CPC-NARROW F16F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nexus Health Resources, Inc. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NHK International · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NHK's Innovation Score is 20.6/100 (7th 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.

Where NHK's grants concentrate

NHK International Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, NHK sits between Nexus Health Resources, Inc. and Nidecker SA.

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Nfant Labs

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NGK Ceramic Device

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Niab Trading

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Nidec ASI S p A

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Nidec SR Drives

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What this shows NHK holds 5 patents at rank #49,013, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NHK

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,013 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

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

NHK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NHK International Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	2	40.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does NHK International Corporation patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 5

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#49,081

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NHK International Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NHK International Corporation's lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #49,081 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NHK International Corporation against Nexus Health Resources, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.