Where does Nico Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nico Corporation ranks #5,615 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 Nico Corporation hold?

Nico Corporation holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Nico Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nico Corporation has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nico Corporation focus on?

Nico Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 55 patents, ranking #346 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nico Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nico Corporation's recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Nico Corporation's patents?

Nico Corporation's patents average 16.3 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 Nico 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

Nico Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nico ranks #5,615 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 8 technology areas.

#5,615
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5615 · US Corporation #5,615 · 61 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,615/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magenta Medical
CPC-NARROW A61B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magenta Medical 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 Nico’s 39.5 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 14.3 pts (36%) Velocity 5.5 pts (14%) Breadth 10.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A10 Networks… · near

40
Coast Cutlery · near

40
Contrast · near

40
Natural Extraction… · near

40
Nico · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nico's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Nico?

Each dot is one of Nico’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). Nico’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nico's grants concentrate

Nico Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 90.2% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Nico sits between Magenta Medical Ltd and Noritake Co., Limited.

Nico's three-year grant acceleration

Nico Corporation shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Magenta Medical

61
Moxa

61
National Universi…

61
Nibco

61
Ningbo Tuotuo Riv…

61
Noxell

61
Neomed

61
Noritake

61
Nico ◀

61

What this shows Nico holds 61 patents at rank #5,612, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nico

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,612 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nico, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Nico ranks #346 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Coast Cutlery Co. 40 A10 Networks, Incorporated 40 Contrast, Inc. 40 Natural Extraction Systems, LLC 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Dalphi Metal Espana S.A. 16.3 avg Quanta Associates, L.P. 16.3 avg MannKind Corporation 16.3 avg Hitachi Energy Ltd 16.3 avg

Nico's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Nico Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	9.8%
2016	5	8.2%
2017	11	18.0%
2018	7	11.5%
2019	9	14.8%
2020	6	9.8%
2021	2	3.3%
2022	5	8.2%
2023	3	4.9%
2024	6	9.8%
2025partial year	1	1.6%

Which technologies does Nico Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 55

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 27

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 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

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

Nico Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 90.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #5,615 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nico Corporation against Magenta Medical Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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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