Where does Nifco America Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nifco America Corp. ranks #18,947 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 Nifco America Corp. hold?

Nifco America Corp. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Nifco America Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Nifco America Corp. has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nifco America Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nifco America Corp.'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 Nifco America Corp.'s patents?

Nifco America Corp.'s patents average 7.4 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 Nifco America Corp. 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

Nifco America Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Nifco America Corp. focus on?

Nifco America Corp.'s top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 4 patents, ranking #339 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nifco ranks #18,947 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 21 technology areas.

#18,947
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 7.4
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18947 · US Corporation #18,947 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,947/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NEL Hydrogen A/S
CPC-FOCUS F16B · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NEL Hydrogen A/S (±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 Nifco’s 41.9 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 9.6 pts (23%) Velocity 11.7 pts (28%) Breadth 16.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nifco America · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nifco's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Nifco?

Each dot is one of Nifco’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). Nifco’s own 7.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nifco's grants concentrate

Nifco America Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 26.7% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Nifco sits between NEL Hydrogen A/S and Nippon Carbide Industries Co., Inc..

Nifco's three-year grant acceleration

Nifco America Corp. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

NEL Hydrogen A/S

15
Nelson Global Pro…

15
Neuchips

15
Neuralmagic

15
Nileworks

15
Nine IP

15
Ningbo Meace PET…

15
Nippon Carbide In…

15
Nifco America ◀

15

What this shows Nifco holds 15 patents at rank #18,925, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nifco

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,925 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Nifco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nifco America Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	20.0%
2019	1	6.7%
2020	1	6.7%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	5	33.3%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Nifco America Corp. patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 2

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Nifco America Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nifco America Corp.'s lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 26.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #18,947 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nifco America Corp. against NEL Hydrogen A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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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