Where does Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation ranks #8,451 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 Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation hold?

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 42.6 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's recent grant velocity is +417% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's patents?

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's patents average 9.9 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 Nidec Copal Electronics 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 Foreign Corporation

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation focus on?

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's top technology area is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure) with 22 patents, ranking #33 of 1,293 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nidec ranks #8,451 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 19 technology areas.

#8,451
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.6/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +417%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8451 · Foreign Corporation #8,451 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,451/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Morpho Detection
CPC-FOCUS G01L · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +417% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Morpho Detection, LLC (±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 Nidec’s 42.6 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 12.7 pts (30%) Velocity 8.6 pts (20%) Breadth 15.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Enel X North America · near

43
Nidec Copal · this assignee

43
OLogN · near

43
Tekni-Plex · near

43
Tris Pharma · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nidec's Innovation Score is 42.6/100 (top 30% 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 Nidec?

Each dot is one of Nidec’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). Nidec’s own 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nidec's grants concentrate

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 57.9% of grants classified under G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nidec sits between Morpho Detection, LLC and Novimmune SA.

Nidec's three-year grant acceleration

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Morpho Detection

38
Musculoskeletal T…

38
Nalux

38
National Center O…

38
Nippon Chemiphar

38
National Chain

38
National Steel Car

38
Novimmune

38
Nidec Copal ◀

38

What this shows Nidec holds 38 patents at rank #8,449, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nidec

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,449 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01L (Measuring Force)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nidec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01L (Measuring Force), Nidec ranks #33 of 1,293 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Tris Pharma Inc 43 Tekni-Plex, Inc. 43 OLogN Technologies AG 43 Enel X North America, Inc. 43

Nidec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	2.6%
2017	2	5.3%
2018	2	5.3%
2019	1	2.6%
2020	2	5.3%
2021	11	28.9%
2022	13	34.2%
2023	3	7.9%
2024	2	5.3%
2025partial year	1	2.6%

Which technologies does Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation patent most?

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 22

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 14

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 9

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 3

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 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

F16H - Gearing 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation's lead technology class is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure), 57.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01L
Ranked #8,451 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nidec Copal Electronics Corporation against Morpho Detection, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.6/100 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

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