Where does Nippi Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nippi Corporation ranks #24,893 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 Nippi Corporation hold?

Nippi Corporation holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Nippi Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nippi Corporation has an Innovation Score of 37.5 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nippi Corporation focus on?

Nippi Corporation's top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 6 patents, ranking #1,362 of 3,615 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nippi Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nippi Corporation's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Nippi Corporation's patents?

Nippi Corporation's patents average 10.0 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 Nippi Corporation 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

Nippi Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nippi ranks #24,893 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 21 technology areas.

#24,893
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.5/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24893 · Foreign Corporation #24,893 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,893/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Niles Werkzeugmaschi…
CPC-FOCUS C07K · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH (±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 Nippi’s 37.5 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 8.6 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 16.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Nippi · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nippi's Innovation Score is 37.5/100 (top 44% 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 Nippi?

Each dot is one of Nippi’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). Nippi’s own 10.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nippi's grants concentrate

Nippi Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under C07K (Peptides). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nippi sits between Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH and Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd..

Nippi's three-year grant acceleration

Nippi Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Niles Werkzeugmas…

11
Ningbo Flying-hor…

11
Ningbo Royalux Li…

11
Ningbo Yamao Opto…

11
Nippon A&L

11
Nippon Medical Sc…

11
Nippon Yusen

11
Nitto Pharmaceuti…

11
Nippi ◀

11

What this shows Nippi holds 11 patents at rank #24,859, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nippi

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,859 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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

Nippi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nippi Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	27.3%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	3	27.3%
2019	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Nippi Corporation patent most?

C07K - Peptides 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

C12Y - Enzymes 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nippi Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nippi Corporation's lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #24,893 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nippi Corporation against Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.5/100 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

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.