Where does Nippon A&L Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nippon A&L Inc. ranks #24,894 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 Nippon A&L Inc. hold?

Nippon A&L Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Nippon A&L Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nippon A&L Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.1 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 Nippon A&L Inc. focus on?

Nippon A&L Inc.'s top technology area is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds) with 8 patents, ranking #437 of 2,352 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nippon A&L Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nippon A&L Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Nippon A&L Inc.'s patents?

Nippon A&L Inc.'s patents average 12.6 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 Nippon A&L 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 Foreign Corporation

Nippon A&L Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nippon ranks #24,894 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#24,894
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24894 · Foreign Corporation #24,894 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,894/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Flying-horse…
CPC-NARROW C08L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Flying-horse International Trade 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 Nippon’s 30.1 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 8.6 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nippon A&L · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nippon's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (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 Nippon?

Each dot is one of Nippon’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). Nippon’s own 12.6 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.

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

Where Nippon's grants concentrate

Nippon A&L Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nippon sits between Ningbo Flying-horse International Trade Co., Ltd and NMC, Inc..

Nippon's three-year grant acceleration

Nippon A&L Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Ningbo Flying-hor…

11
Ningbo Royalux Li…

11
Ningbo Yamao Opto…

11
Nippi

11
Nippon Medical Sc…

11
Nippon Yusen

11
Nitto Pharmaceuti…

11
NMC

11
Nippon A&L ◀

11

What this shows Nippon holds 11 patents at rank #24,860, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nippon

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,860 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds)

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

Nippon'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 · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Nippon A&L Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	2	18.2%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	1	9.1%
2020	3	27.3%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Nippon A&L Inc. patent most?

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 8

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 8

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

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

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Nippon A&L Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nippon A&L Inc.'s lead technology class is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08L
Ranked #24,894 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nippon A&L Inc. against Ningbo Flying-horse International Trade Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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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