PlainPatent
USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd.

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).

RSS updates for this company
Explore the portfolio See the ranking

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.

How Nikken’s 16.0 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 Nikken

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Nikken?

Each dot is one of Nikken’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). Nikken’s own 4.6 claims/patent is at or below the 6.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Nikken vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 4.95.05.055.05.05.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Niftylift Limited - 5, 14.6NiftyliftNightware, Inc. - 5, 19.4NightwareNiha Corp - 5, 9.4NihaNikkei MC Aluminium Co., Ltd. - 5, 6Nikkei MC Alumini…Nine Intelligent (CHANGZHOU) Tech Co., Ltd. - 5, 16.6Nine Intelligent…Ningbo Crrc Times Transducer Technology Co., Ltd. - 5, 6.8Ningbo Crrc Times…Ningbo Helong NEW Material Co., Ltd - 5, 1Ningbo Helong NEW…Ningbo Jiangbei Runleader Electronics Co., Ltd - 5, 1Ningbo Jiangbei R…Nikken Lease Kogyo Co., Ltd. - 5, 4.6Nikken Lease Kogyo
Nikken vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

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.

Who files at Nikken's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

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

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

1.522.533.5 20202021 3
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.

View data table
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?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → 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

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.