Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 8 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Nidec ranks #13,081 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 8 technology areas.
- #13,081
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 37%
- by Innovation Score (39.7/100)
- 10.9
- avg claims per patent
- +75%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R13081 · Foreign Corporation #13,081 · 23 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
- MID-PACK #13,081/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH NanoString
- CPC-NARROW H02K · 8 areas
- INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
- CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-SURGE +75% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: NanoString Technologies, Inc. (±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 39.7 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Nidec
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Nidec Motors &… · this assignee
Nidec Motors &… · this assignee
40 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Nidec's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 10.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Nidec's grants concentrate
Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 56.5% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nidec sits between Neusoft Corporation and NanoString Technologies, Inc..
Nidec's three-year grant acceleration
Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.
Who files at Nidec's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Neusoft
Neusoft Corporation
23 patents
- Nexchip Semicondu…
Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation
23 patents
- Nexdot
Nexdot
23 patents
- Nexite
Nexite Ltd.
23 patents
- Ningbo Careline E…
Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
23 patents
- Nixon
Nixon, Inc.
23 patents
- Nokian Renkaat OYJ
Nokian Renkaat OYJ
23 patents
- Nanostring
NanoString Technologies, Inc.
23 patents
- Nidec Motors & Ac… ◀
Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH
23 patents
What this shows Nidec holds 23 patents at rank #13,068, 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 #13,068 in granted patent volume.
- Neusoft Corporation #13,064 · 23 patents
- Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation #13,065 · 23 patents
- Nexdot #13,066 · 23 patents
- Nexite Ltd. #13,067 · 23 patents
- Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. #13,069 · 23 patents
- Nixon, Inc. #13,070 · 23 patents
- Nokian Renkaat OYJ #13,071 · 23 patents
- NanoString Technologies, Inc. #13,072 · 23 patents
Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nidec's primary technology class.
Nidec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2020 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2022 | 2 | 8.7% |
| 2023 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2024 | 6 | 26.1% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 4.3% |
Which technologies does Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH patent most?
Top 8 of 8 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH's lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 56.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
- Ranked #13,081 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Nidec Motors & Actuators (GERMANY) GMBH against Neusoft Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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.
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.