Where does Nifco Korea Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nifco Korea Inc. ranks #4,209 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 Korea Inc. hold?

Nifco Korea Inc. holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Nifco Korea Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nifco Korea Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.3 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nifco Korea Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nifco Korea Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +108% 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 Korea Inc.'s patents?

Nifco Korea Inc.'s patents average 9.3 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 Korea Inc. 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

Nifco Korea Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nifco Korea Inc. focus on?

Nifco Korea Inc.'s top technology area is B60H (Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles) with 32 patents, ranking #20 of 379 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 36 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: B60H (Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nifco ranks #4,209 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 36 technology areas.

#4,209
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.3/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: +108%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4209 · Foreign Corporation #4,209 · 85 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,209/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Levi Strauss &
CPC-FOCUS B60H · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +108% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Levi Strauss & Co. (±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 52.3 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 15.4 pts (29%) Velocity 10.1 pts (19%) Breadth 21.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cue Biopharma · near

52
Dayco IP Holdings · near

52
Nifco Korea · this assignee

52
The Esab Group · near

52
Boa Technology · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nifco's Innovation Score is 52.3/100 (top 10% 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 9.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 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 Korea Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 37.6% of grants classified under B60H (Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (15 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Nifco sits between LM Wind Power A/S and Océ Holding B.V..

Nifco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nifco Korea Inc. moved from 23 to 35 grants (1.52x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

LM Wind Power A/S

85
Levi Strauss &

85
MTG

85
Macrogenics

85
Bekaert

85
Nobel Biocare Ser…

85
O&M Halyard

85
Océ Holding B V

85
Nifco Korea ◀

85

What this shows Nifco holds 85 patents at rank #4,209, 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 #4,209 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60H (Arrangements OF Heating)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nifco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60H (Arrangements OF Heating), Nifco ranks #20 of 379 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

The Esab Group, Inc. 52 Dayco IP Holdings, LLC 52 Cue Biopharma, Inc. 52 Boa Technology Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.3 here).

Qingdao University OF Technology 9.3 avg National University Corporation Gunma University 9.3 avg DAS Co., Ltd. 9.3 avg Tokuyama Corporation 9.3 avg

Nifco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Nifco Korea Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.4%
2016	4	4.7%
2017	5	5.9%
2018	8	9.4%
2019	6	7.1%
2020	12	14.1%
2021	5	5.9%
2022	15	17.6%
2023	9	10.6%
2024	11	12.9%
2025partial year	8	9.4%

Which technologies does Nifco Korea Inc. patent most?

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 32

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 23

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 7

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 7

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 5

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 3

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

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

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Nifco Korea Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nifco Korea Inc.'s lead technology class is B60H (Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles), 37.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60H
Ranked #4,209 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nifco Korea Inc. against LM Wind Power A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.3/100 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

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