Where does Nidec-shimpo Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nidec-shimpo Corporation ranks #9,572 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-shimpo Corporation hold?

Nidec-shimpo Corporation holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Nidec-shimpo Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nidec-shimpo Corporation has an Innovation Score of 38.5 out of 100 (top 40% 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-shimpo Corporation focus on?

Nidec-shimpo Corporation's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 12 patents, ranking #203 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nidec-shimpo Corporation's recent grant velocity is +150% 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-shimpo Corporation's patents?

Nidec-shimpo Corporation's patents average 11.6 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-shimpo 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-shimpo Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 24 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nidec-shimpo ranks #9,572 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 24 technology areas.

#9,572
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.5/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9572 · Foreign Corporation #9,572 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,572/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanjing Easthouse…
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanjing Easthouse Electrical 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-shimpo’s 38.5 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 12.2 pts (32%) Velocity 2.1 pts (5%) Breadth 17.3 pts (45%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alderbio Holdings · near

39
Nidec-shimpo · this assignee

39
Nocira · near

39
Phoenix Contact… · near

39
Quick Fitting Holding · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nidec-shimpo's Innovation Score is 38.5/100 (top 40% 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-shimpo?

Each dot is one of Nidec-shimpo’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-shimpo’s own 11.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nidec-shimpo's grants concentrate

Nidec-shimpo Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nidec-shimpo sits between National Cerebral AND Cardiovascular Center and NeoTract, Inc..

Nidec-shimpo's three-year grant acceleration

Nidec-shimpo Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

National Cerebral…

33
Nationwide Childr…

33
Neuvana

33
NEW York Society…

33
Nanjing Easthouse…

33
Narus

33
National Institut…

33
Neotract

33
Nidec-shimpo ◀

33

What this shows Nidec-shimpo holds 33 patents at rank #9,567, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nidec-shimpo

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,567 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nidec-shimpo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16H (Gearing), Nidec-shimpo ranks #203 of 1,603 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Quick Fitting Holding Company, LLC 39 Phoenix Contact E-mobility GMBH 39 Alderbio Holdings LLC 39 Nocira, LLC 39

Nidec-shimpo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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-shimpo Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.0%
2018	2	6.1%
2019	5	15.2%
2020	9	27.3%
2021	5	15.2%
2022	3	9.1%
2024	3	9.1%
2025partial year	5	15.2%

Which technologies does Nidec-shimpo Corporation patent most?

F16H - Gearing 12

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 3

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 3

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 3

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 2

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B28C - Preparing CLAY; Producing Mixtures Containing Clay OR Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 1

Top 15 of 24 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-shimpo Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nidec-shimpo Corporation's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #9,572 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nidec-shimpo Corporation against National Cerebral AND Cardiovascular Center, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.5/100 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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