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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nikkiso Co., Ltd. ranks #1,710 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 Nikkiso Co., Ltd. hold?

Nikkiso Co., Ltd. holds 239 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 72 technology areas.

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

Nikkiso Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 58.4 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nikkiso Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +227% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Nikkiso Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.6 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 Nikkiso 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

Nikkiso Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Nikkiso Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nikkiso Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 118 patents. Grants appear in 72 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 239 granted patents across 72 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nikkiso ranks #1,710 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 239 patents across 72 technology areas.

#1,710
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.4/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: +227%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1710 · Foreign Corporation #1,710 · 239 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 239 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,710/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Entit Software
CPC-WIDE A61M · 72 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +227% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Entit Software LLC (±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
Framatome · near

58
Moog · near

58
Nikkiso · this assignee

58
Sicpa Holding · near

58
Ushio Denki · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nikkiso's Innovation Score is 58.4/100 (top 4% 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.

How Nikkiso's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nikkiso Co., Ltd. received 160 grants versus 49 in 2015–2019 (+227% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 39 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 3. Lead class A61M accounts for 49.4% of the portfolio across 72 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Arkray, Inc. (#1,706) and Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (#1,714).

Nikkiso's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nikkiso Co., Ltd. moved from 84 to 102 grants (1.21x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #765. See the growth leaderboard.

Arkray

240
Dana Heavy Vehicl…

240
Entit Software

239
Medtronic Xomed

239
Theravance Biopha…

239
Vorwerk & Interho…

239
ZKW Group

239
Nikkiso ◀

239
Alipay (Hangzhou)…

238

What this shows Nikkiso holds 239 patents at rank #1,710, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nikkiso

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,710 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nikkiso, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Sicpa Holding SA 58 Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 58 Moog Inc. 58 Framatome 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.6 here).

Hosiden Corporation 10.6 avg Keio University 10.6 avg Acushnet Company 10.6 avg National University Corporation Shizuoka University 10.6 avg

Nikkiso's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Nikkiso Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	2.1%
2016	3	1.3%
2017	5	2.1%
2018	10	4.2%
2019	26	10.9%
2020	36	15.1%
2021	22	9.2%
2022	39	16.3%
2023	24	10.0%
2024	39	16.3%
2025partial year	30	12.6%

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

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 118

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 67

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 22

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 22

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 19

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 19

B01D - Separation 13

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 12

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 9

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 9

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

Top 15 of 72 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,710

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.4 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

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

Nikkiso Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 49.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #1,710 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nikkiso Co., Ltd. against Arkray, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.4/100 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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