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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. ranks #6,822 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 Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. hold?

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 30.2 out of 100 (33rd 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 Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 14 patents, ranking #859 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -59% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.4 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 Nikon Vision 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

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 6 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nikon ranks #6,822 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 6 technology areas.

#6,822
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 7.4
avg claims per patent: -59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6822 · Foreign Corporation #6,822 · 49 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,822/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metawave
CPC-NARROW G02B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metawave Corporation (±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 Nikon’s 30.2 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 13.5 pts (45%) Velocity 3.6 pts (12%) Breadth 8.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 4.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Griffin Technology · near

30
Ignyta · near

30
Human AI Labs · near

30
Nikon Vision · this assignee

30
Tipping Point Group · near

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nikon's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (33rd 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 Nikon?

Each dot is one of Nikon’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). Nikon’s own 7.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nikon's grants concentrate

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Nikon sits between Metawave Corporation and Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd..

Nikon's three-year grant acceleration

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Metawave

49
Mitsubishi Logisn…

49
Myongji Universit…

49
National Universi…

49
National Guard He…

49
Natuzzi S p A

49
Neutron Holdings

49
Otsuka Chemical

49
Nikon Vision ◀

49

What this shows Nikon holds 49 patents at rank #6,819, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nikon

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,819 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nikon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Nikon ranks #859 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Tipping Point Group, LLC 30 Human AI Labs, Inc. 30 Griffin Technology, LLC 30 Ignyta, Inc. 30

Nikon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% 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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Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	16.3%
2016	2	4.1%
2017	7	14.3%
2018	8	16.3%
2019	9	18.4%
2020	3	6.1%
2021	3	6.1%
2022	1	2.0%
2023	1	2.0%
2024	6	12.2%
2025partial year	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 8

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Nikon Vision Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #6,822 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nikon Vision Co., Ltd. against Metawave Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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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