Where does Nichietsu Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nichietsu Inc. ranks #49,083 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 Nichietsu Inc. hold?

Nichietsu Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2022, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Nichietsu Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nichietsu Inc. has an Innovation Score of 18.9 out of 100 (5th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nichietsu Inc..

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

Nichietsu Inc.'s patents average 10.0 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 Nichietsu 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

Nichietsu Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nichietsu Inc. focus on?

Nichietsu Inc.'s top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 4 patents, ranking #1,358 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2022. 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nichietsu ranks #49,083 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#49,083
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.9/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49083 · Foreign Corporation #49,083 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,083/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nextbio
CPC-NARROW B29C · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2022 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nextbio (±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 Nichietsu’s 18.9 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 6.2 pts (33%) Velocity 1.7 pts (9%) Breadth 5.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nichietsu · this assignee

19
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nichietsu's Innovation Score is 18.9/100 (5th 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 Nichietsu?

Each dot is one of Nichietsu’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). Nichietsu’s own 10.0 claims/patent is at or below the 18.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nichietsu's grants concentrate

Nichietsu Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Nichietsu sits between Nextbio and Ninety7, Inc..

Nichietsu's three-year grant acceleration

Nichietsu Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Nextbio

5
Nextplane

5
Nexus Circular

5
Nfusion Vascular…

5
Nightbalance B V

5
Nihon Kessho Koga…

5
Nine Energy Canada

5
Ninety7

5
Nichietsu ◀

5

What this shows Nichietsu holds 5 patents at rank #49,174, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nichietsu

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,174 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Nichietsu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2022

Grants by year

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

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Nichietsu Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	40.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Nichietsu Inc. patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Top 2 of 2 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

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

Nichietsu Inc.'s lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #49,083 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nichietsu Inc. against Nextbio, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.9/100 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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