Where does Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited ranks #2,010 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 Sheet Glass Company, Limited hold?

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited holds 199 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 89 technology areas.

What is Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited's Innovation Score?

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited has an Innovation Score of 58.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited's patents?

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited's patents average 12.4 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 Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited 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 Sheet Glass Company, Limited

Q: What technology areas does Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited focus on?

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited's top technology area is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials) with 73 patents, ranking #11 of 498 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 89 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 199 granted patents across 89 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: C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nippon ranks #2,010 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 199 patents across 89 technology areas.

#2,010
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2010 · Foreign Corporation #2,010 · 199 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 199 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,010/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fedex Corporate…
CPC-WIDE C03C · 89 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fedex Corporate Services Inc. (±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 58.7 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 18.3 pts (31%) Velocity 7.9 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus Defence and… · near

59
Deepx · near

59
Delta Faucet · near

59
Nippon Sheet Glass · this assignee

59
Voith Patent · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nippon's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (top 4% 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 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 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.

How Nippon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited received 112 grants versus 67 in 2015–2019 (+67% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 25 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 9. Lead class C03C accounts for 36.7% of the portfolio across 89 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Vermeer Manufacturing Company (#2,006) and Lagree Technologies, Inc. (#2,014).

Nippon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited moved from 59 to 70 grants (1.19x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #805. See the growth leaderboard.

Vermeer Manufactu…

200
Fedex Corporate S…

199
Globeride

199
Kraft Foods Group…

199
Sorenson IP Holdi…

199
Valeo North Ameri…

199
Nippon Sheet Glass ◀

199
Crossbar

198
Lagree

198

What this shows Nippon holds 199 patents at rank #2,010, 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 #2,010 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses)

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 C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses), Nippon ranks #11 of 498 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Voith Patent GmbH 59 Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 59 Delta Faucet Company 59 Deepx Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.4 here).

Nemera La Verpilliere 12.4 avg Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited 12.4 avg FSP Technology Inc. 12.4 avg Innoplexus AG 12.4 avg

Nippon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	9.0%
2016	9	4.5%
2017	13	6.5%
2018	10	5.0%
2019	17	8.5%
2020	17	8.5%
2021	25	12.6%
2022	22	11.1%
2023	23	11.6%
2024	25	12.6%
2025partial year	20	10.1%

Which technologies does Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited patent most?

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 73

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 52

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 41

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 36

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 35

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 28

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 24

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 17

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 16

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 16

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 15

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 14

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 13

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 13

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 13

Top 15 of 89 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 Sheet Glass Company, Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited's lead technology class is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA), 36.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03C
Ranked #2,010 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited against Vermeer Manufacturing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.7/100 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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