Where does Nipro Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nipro Corporation ranks #2,184 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 Nipro Corporation hold?

Nipro Corporation holds 180 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Nipro Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nipro Corporation has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nipro Corporation's recent grant velocity is -16% 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 Nipro Corporation's patents?

Nipro Corporation's patents average 8.0 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 Nipro 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

Nipro Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Nipro Corporation focus on?

Nipro Corporation's top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 67 patents. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 180 granted patents across 54 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nipro ranks #2,184 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 180 patents across 54 technology areas.

#2,184
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2184 · Foreign Corporation #2,184 · 180 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 180 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,184/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Delavan
CPC-WIDE A61M · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Delavan 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Council OF Scientifi… · near

56
Invensas · near

56
Nipro · this assignee

56
University of Maryland · near

56
Blue River Technology · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nipro's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (top 6% 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.

How Nipro's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nipro Corporation received 77 grants versus 92 in 2015–2019 (-16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 11. Lead class A61M accounts for 37.2% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: DRÄGER Safety AG & Co. Kgaa (#2,180) and Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (#2,188).

Nipro's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nipro Corporation moved from 40 to 52 grants (1.30x 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 #640. See the growth leaderboard.

DRÄGER Safety & K…

180
Delavan

180
Giesecke+Devrient…

180
Maplebear

180
Olympus Medical S…

180
Samtec

180
Stmicroelectronic…

180
Sumitomo Seika Ch…

180
Nipro ◀

180

What this shows Nipro holds 180 patents at rank #2,184, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nipro

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,184 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nipro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Invensas LLC 56 University of Maryland 56 Council OF Scientific AND Industrial Research 56 Blue River Technology Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.0 here).

Chongqing University 8.0 avg Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. 8.0 avg Fujikin Incorporated 8.0 avg Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. 8.0 avg

Nipro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Nipro Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	11.1%
2016	19	10.6%
2017	23	12.8%
2018	15	8.3%
2019	15	8.3%
2020	14	7.8%
2021	11	6.1%
2022	17	9.4%
2023	17	9.4%
2024	18	10.0%
2025partial year	11	6.1%

Which technologies does Nipro Corporation patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 67

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 30

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 25

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 12

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 11

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 11

B01D - Separation 10

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 9

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 9

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 9

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 7

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

Top 15 of 54 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,184

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Nipro Corporation's lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 37.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #2,184 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nipro Corporation against DRÄGER Safety AG & Co. Kgaa, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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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