Where does Nintendo of America Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nintendo of America Inc. ranks #49,127 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 Nintendo of America Inc. hold?

Nintendo of America Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Nintendo of America Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nintendo of America Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.7 out of 100 (15th 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 Nintendo of America Inc. focus on?

Nintendo of America Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 3 patents, ranking #8,216 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nintendo of America Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nintendo of America Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Nintendo of America Inc.'s patents?

Nintendo of America Inc.'s patents average 17.6 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 Nintendo of America Inc. 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 US Corporation

Nintendo of America Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nintendo ranks #49,127 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#49,127
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.7/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49127 · US Corporation #49,127 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,127/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Singfun…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Singfun Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (±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 Nintendo’s 24.7 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 6.2 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ergonomic Solutions… · near

25
Sonoma Pharmaceuticals · near

25
HavenLock · near

25
Nintendo of America · this assignee

25
Shenzhen Breo… · near

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nintendo's Innovation Score is 24.7/100 (15th 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 Nintendo?

Each dot is one of Nintendo’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). Nintendo’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nintendo's grants concentrate

Nintendo of America Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nintendo sits between Ningbo Singfun Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. and NodThera Limited.

Ningbo Singfun El…

5
Ningbo Winbay Tec…

5
Ningbo Yongyi Ele…

5
Ninghai Jiarun Ha…

5
Nitinotes

5
No Limit Enterpri…

5
Noction

5
Nodthera

5
Nintendo of Ameri… ◀

5

What this shows Nintendo holds 5 patents at rank #49,197, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nintendo

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,197 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nintendo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Nintendo ranks #8,216 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (25 here).

HavenLock Inc. 25 Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 25 Shenzhen Breo Technology Co., Ltd. 25 Ergonomic Solutions International Limited 25

Nintendo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nintendo of America Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Nintendo of America Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Nintendo of America Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nintendo of America Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #49,127 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nintendo of America Inc. against Ningbo Singfun Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.7/100 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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