Where does Nidec Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nidec Corporation ranks #454 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 Corporation hold?

Nidec Corporation holds 999 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 132 technology areas.

What is Nidec Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nidec Corporation has an Innovation Score of 63.7 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nidec Corporation focus on?

Nidec Corporation's top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 571 patents, ranking #4 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 132 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nidec Corporation's recent grant velocity is +98% 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 Corporation's patents?

Nidec Corporation's patents average 13.4 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 Nidec 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 Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 999 granted patents across 132 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nidec ranks #454 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 999 patents across 132 technology areas.

#454
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.7/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: +98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R454 · Foreign Corporation #454 · 999 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 999 grants
TOP-DECILE #454/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GE Precision…
CPC-WIDE H02K · 132 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GE Precision Healthcare LLC (±5 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 63.7 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 23.9 pts (38%) Velocity 6.7 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sumitomo Heavy… · near

64
Alliance for… · near

64
Fuzhou University · near

64
Nidec · this assignee

64
Fuji Electric · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nidec's Innovation Score is 63.7/100 (top 2% 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 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 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.

How Nidec's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nidec Corporation received 632 grants versus 320 in 2015–2019 (+98% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 147 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 44. Lead class H02K accounts for 57.2% of the portfolio across 132 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nicira, Inc. (#450) and L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (#458).

Nidec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nidec Corporation moved from 366 to 370 grants (1.01x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,154. See the growth leaderboard.

Nicira

1,011
Toyoda Gosei

1,008
National Technolo…

1,004
The Board of Trus…

1,004
Nidec ◀

999
GE Precision Heal…

994
Beijing BOE Techn…

991
AGC

988
L'air Liquide Soc…

988

What this shows Nidec holds 999 patents at rank #454, 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 #454 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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 H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), Nidec ranks #4 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC 64 Fuzhou University 64 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. 64 Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG 13.4 avg Lite-on Electronics (GUANGZHOU) Limited 13.4 avg Archer-daniels-midland Company 13.4 avg Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg

Nidec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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.

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Nidec Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	54	5.4%
2016	44	4.4%
2017	46	4.6%
2018	72	7.2%
2019	104	10.4%
2020	125	12.5%
2021	137	13.7%
2022	147	14.7%
2023	101	10.1%
2024	122	12.2%
2025partial year	47	4.7%

Which technologies does Nidec Corporation patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 571

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 163

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 123

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 89

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 85

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 63

F16H - Gearing 61

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 48

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 46

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 44

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 43

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 31

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 27

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 27

Top 15 of 132 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 Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nidec Corporation's lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 57.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #454 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nidec Corporation against Nicira, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.7/100 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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