NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED

NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED has been granted 199 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED at rank #2,010 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 89 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a Foreign Corporation, NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. The composite Innovation Score of 58.7/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 132 grants, compared with 67 in the 2015–2019 window — a +97% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED's 12.4 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 89 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED against peers pursuing similar technology classes.