Where does Nikki Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nikki Co., Ltd. ranks #15,493 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 Nikki Co., Ltd. hold?

Nikki Co., Ltd. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Nikki Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nikki Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 33.1 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nikki Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nikki Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof) with 11 patents, ranking #115 of 574 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nikki Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nikki Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nikki Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nikki Co., Ltd.'s patents average 5.5 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 Nikki 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

Nikki Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 13 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: F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nikki ranks #15,493 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.

#15,493
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.1/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15493 · Foreign Corporation #15,493 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,493/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nextbit Systems
CPC-FOCUS F02M · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nextbit Systems Inc. (±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 Nikki’s 33.1 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 10.3 pts (31%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nikki · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nikki's Innovation Score is 33.1/100 (43rd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Nikki?

Each dot is one of Nikki’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). Nikki’s own 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nikki's grants concentrate

Nikki Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 57.9% of grants classified under F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nikki sits between Nextbit Systems Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corporation.

Nikki's three-year grant acceleration

Nikki Co., Ltd. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Nextbit Systems

19
Nextern Innovation

19
Nextleaf Solutions

19
Nihon Spindle Man…

19
Ningbo Tolead Int…

19
Nivalis Therapeut…

19
Nordex Energy Spa…

19
Norfolk Southern

19
Nikki ◀

19

What this shows Nikki holds 19 patents at rank #15,498, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nikki

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,498 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible…)

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

Nikki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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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Nikki Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.5%
2017	1	5.3%
2018	3	15.8%
2020	3	15.8%
2021	2	10.5%
2023	4	21.1%
2024	1	5.3%
2025partial year	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Nikki Co., Ltd. patent most?

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 11

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

F02P - Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, FOR Internal-combustion ENGINES; Testing OF Ignition Timing IN Compression-ignition Engines 2

B01D - Separation 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Nikki Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F02M (Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof), 57.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F02M
Ranked #15,493 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nikki Co., Ltd. against Nextbit Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.1/100 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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