Where does Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. ranks #49,094 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 Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. hold?

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 16.0 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patents average 4.6 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 Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. 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

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2021. 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: E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nikken ranks #49,094 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#49,094
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (16.0/100): 4.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49094 · Foreign Corporation #49,094 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,094/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Niftylift
CPC-NARROW E04G · 4 areas
INNOV-LOW 16.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2021 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Niftylift Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nikken Lease Kogyo · this assignee

16
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nikken's Innovation Score is 16.0/100 (3rd percentile 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.

Where Nikken's grants concentrate

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Nikken sits between Niftylift Limited and Ningbo Jiangbei Runleader Electronics Co., Ltd.

Niftylift

5
Nightware

5
Niha

5
Nikkei MC Alumini…

5
Nine Intelligent…

5
Ningbo Crrc Times…

5
Ningbo Helong NEW…

5
Ningbo Jiangbei R…

5
Nikken Lease Kogyo ◀

5

What this shows Nikken holds 5 patents at rank #49,023, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nikken

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,023 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04G (Scaffolding)

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

Nikken's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

16 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2021

Grants by year

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

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Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	40.0%
2021	3	60.0%

Which technologies does Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. patent most?

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 1

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

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 1

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#49,094

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

16.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04G
Ranked #49,094 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. against Niftylift Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 16.0/100 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.