Where does Nippon Mektron, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nippon Mektron, Ltd. ranks #4,481 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 Mektron, Ltd. hold?

Nippon Mektron, Ltd. holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Nippon Mektron, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nippon Mektron, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 49.6 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nippon Mektron, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nippon Mektron, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Mektron, Ltd.'s patents?

Nippon Mektron, Ltd.'s patents average 9.3 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 Mektron, 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

Nippon Mektron, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Nippon Mektron, Ltd. focus on?

Nippon Mektron, Ltd.'s top technology area is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components) with 55 patents, ranking #147 of 3,545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 79 granted patents across 44 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: H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nippon ranks #4,481 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 44 technology areas.

#4,481
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.6/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4481 · Foreign Corporation #4,481 · 79 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,481/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LES Laboratoires…
CPC-WIDE H05K · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LES Laboratoires Servier (±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 49.6 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 15.1 pts (30%) Velocity 5.5 pts (11%) Breadth 23.5 pts (47%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AvicenaTech · near

50
Doosan GridTech · near

50
Nemera La Verpilliere · near

50
Nippon Mektron · this assignee

50
Sound Solutions… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nippon's Innovation Score is 49.6/100 (top 14% 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 9.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nippon's grants concentrate

Nippon Mektron, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 69.6% of grants classified under H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Nippon sits between LES Laboratoires Servier and Ruprecht - Karls - UNIVERSITÄT Heidelberg.

Nippon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nippon Mektron, Ltd. moved from 22 to 18 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

LES Laboratoires…

79
NHN Entertainment

79
Nikola

79
Ninebot (Beijing)…

79
Nissha

79
Nantero

79
Powermat

79
Ruprecht - Karls…

79
Nippon Mektron ◀

79

What this shows Nippon holds 79 patents at rank #4,480, 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 #4,480 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nippon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05K (Printed Circuits), Nippon ranks #147 of 3,545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Nemera La Verpilliere 50 AvicenaTech, Corp. 50 Sound Solutions International Co., Ltd. 50 Doosan GridTech, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.3 here).

Soongsil University Research Consortium Techno-park 9.3 avg Revolution Display, LLC 9.3 avg Korea Research Institute OF Bioscience AND Biotechnology 9.3 avg Adeka Corporation 9.3 avg

Nippon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 Mektron, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	19.0%
2016	6	7.6%
2017	7	8.9%
2018	11	13.9%
2019	12	15.2%
2020	7	8.9%
2021	3	3.8%
2022	5	6.3%
2023	7	8.9%
2024	6	7.6%

Which technologies does Nippon Mektron, Ltd. patent most?

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 55

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

Top 15 of 44 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 Mektron, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nippon Mektron, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components), 69.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05K
Ranked #4,481 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nippon Mektron, Ltd. against LES Laboratoires Servier, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.6/100 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.

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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

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