Where does Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. ranks #23,080 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 Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. hold?

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 27.0 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices) with 12 patents, ranking #182 of 791 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.5 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 Nichem Fine Technology 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

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 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: H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nichem ranks #23,080 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#23,080
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.0/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23080 · Foreign Corporation #23,080 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,080/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neuralstem
CPC-NARROW H10K · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neuralstem, 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.

How Nichem’s 27.0 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 (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nichem Fine Technology · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nichem's Innovation Score is 27.0/100 (22nd 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 Nichem?

Each dot is one of Nichem’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). Nichem’s own 13.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nichem's grants concentrate

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nichem sits between Neuralstem, Inc. and Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd..

Neuralstem

12
Nexen Energy ULC

12
Nexgen Storage

12
NGI A/S

12
Nicholas Kirkwood

12
Nicox Ophthalmics

12
Nihon Trim

12
Nihon Yamamura Gl…

12
Nichem Fine Techn… ◀

12

What this shows Nichem holds 12 patents at rank #23,040, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nichem

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,040 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices)

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

Nichem's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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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Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2019	7	58.3%
2020	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. patent most?

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 12

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 8

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 8

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 7

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

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

Top 8 of 8 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

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10K
Ranked #23,080 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nichem Fine Technology Co., Ltd. against Neuralstem, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.0/100 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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