Where does Nidec Motor Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nidec Motor Corporation ranks #1,733 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 Motor Corporation hold?

Nidec Motor Corporation holds 236 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 61 technology areas.

What is Nidec Motor Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nidec Motor Corporation has an Innovation Score of 59.3 out of 100 (top 4% 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 Motor Corporation focus on?

Nidec Motor Corporation's top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 143 patents, ranking #15 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 61 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nidec Motor Corporation's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Nidec Motor Corporation's patents?

Nidec Motor Corporation's patents average 16.7 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 Motor 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

Nidec Motor Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 236 granted patents across 61 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nidec ranks #1,733 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 236 patents across 61 technology areas.

#1,733
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1733 · US Corporation #1,733 · 236 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 236 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,733/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alps Electric
CPC-WIDE H02K · 61 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alps Electric Co., 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 Nidec’s 59.3 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 18.9 pts (32%) Velocity 5.4 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
8ME Nova · near

59
Danisco US · near

59
Nidec Motor · this assignee

59
Andreas Stihl & KG · near

59
Nabtesco · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nidec's Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (top 4% 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 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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 Motor Corporation received 99 grants versus 125 in 2015–2019 (-21% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 36 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 15. Lead class H02K accounts for 60.6% of the portfolio across 61 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (#1,729) and Tessera LLC (#1,737).

Nidec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nidec Motor Corporation moved from 69 to 56 grants (0.81x 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 #1,800. See the growth leaderboard.

Alps Electric

236
Beijing Zhigu RUI…

236
Johnson & Johnson…

236
Meidensha

236
Nidec Motor ◀

236
AGC Glass Europe

235
Brigham Young Uni…

235
Consejo Superior…

235
Tessera

235

What this shows Nidec holds 236 patents at rank #1,733, 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 #1,733 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 #15 of 1,724 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Danisco US Inc. 59 8ME Nova, LLC 59 Nabtesco Corporation 59 Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 16.7 avg GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH 16.7 avg LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG 16.7 avg Children's Medical Center Corporation 16.7 avg

Nidec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

Nidec Motor Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	6.4%
2016	21	8.9%
2017	27	11.4%
2018	36	15.3%
2019	26	11.0%
2020	26	11.0%
2021	17	7.2%
2022	17	7.2%
2023	23	9.7%
2024	16	6.8%
2025partial year	12	5.1%

Which technologies does Nidec Motor Corporation patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 143

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 64

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 24

F16H - Gearing 23

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 19

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 10

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 10

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 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 8

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 8

Top 15 of 61 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Nidec Motor Corporation's lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 60.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #1,733 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nidec Motor Corporation against Alps Electric Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.