Where does Nisco Co., Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nisco Co., Ltd ranks #14,169 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 Nisco Co., Ltd hold?

Nisco Co., Ltd holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Nisco Co., Ltd's Innovation Score?

Nisco Co., Ltd has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nisco Co., Ltd focus on?

Nisco Co., Ltd's top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 21 patents, ranking #31 of 728 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nisco Co., Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nisco Co., Ltd.

What does claim depth mean for Nisco Co., Ltd's patents?

Nisco Co., Ltd's patents average 13.8 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 Nisco Co., 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

Nisco Co., Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nisco ranks #14,169 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 5 technology areas.

#14,169
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14169 · Foreign Corporation #14,169 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,169/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nicor
CPC-NARROW A47C · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nicor, 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 Nisco’s 44.6 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 10.7 pts (24%) Velocity 17.8 pts (40%) Breadth 7.9 pts (18%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nisco · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nisco's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 Nisco?

Each dot is one of Nisco’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). Nisco’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nisco's grants concentrate

Nisco Co., Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Nisco sits between Nicor, Inc. and Novembal USA Inc.

Nisco's three-year grant acceleration

Nisco Co., Ltd shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Nicor

21
Niko Semiconductor

21
Nine Stars Group…

21
Ningbo Ucome Ligh…

21
Nisshinbo Chemical

21
Njoy

21
Nohms

21
Novembal USA

21
Nisco ◀

21

What this shows Nisco holds 21 patents at rank #14,161, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nisco

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,161 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Nisco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nisco Co., Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	3	14.3%
2022	2	9.5%
2023	3	14.3%
2024	3	14.3%
2025partial year	10	47.6%

Which technologies does Nisco Co., Ltd patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 21

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 4

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 4

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Nisco Co., Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nisco Co., Ltd's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #14,169 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nisco Co., Ltd against Nicor, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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.

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.