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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ranks #105 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 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. hold?

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. holds 3,456 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 239 technology areas.

What is Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 63.8 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 911 patents, ranking #13 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 239 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -34% 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 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.6 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 Nissan Motor 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

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,456 granted patents across 239 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nissan ranks #105 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,456 patents across 239 technology areas.

#105
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.8/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: -34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R105 · Foreign Corporation #105 · 3,456 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.5K grants
TOP-DECILE #105/49,997
NEAR-PEER Whirlpool
CPC-BROAD Y02T · 239 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Whirlpool Corporation (±22 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 Nissan’s 63.8 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 28.1 pts (44%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 5.1 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exo Imaging · near

64
Mayo Foundation for… · near

64
Omron · near

64
Nissan Motor · this assignee

64
Safran Landing… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nissan's Innovation Score is 63.8/100 (top 2% 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 Nissan?

Each dot is one of Nissan’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). Nissan’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Nissan's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. received 1,309 grants versus 1,985 in 2015–2019 (-34% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 429 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 231. Lead class Y02T accounts for 26.4% of the portfolio across 239 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (#101) and Snap Inc. (#109).

Nissan's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. moved from 950 to 780 grants (0.82x 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 #1,759. See the growth leaderboard.

Fuji Xerox

3,629
Panasonic Intelle…

3,535
Hamilton Sundstra…

3,501
Corning Incorpora…

3,494
Nissan Motor ◀

3,456
Whirlpool

3,434
Seagate Technology

3,383
Boston Scientific…

3,361
Snap

3,345

What this shows Nissan holds 3,456 patents at rank #105, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nissan

By rank, the assignees closest to #105 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nissan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Nissan ranks #13 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Omron Corporation 64 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research 64 Exo Imaging, Inc. 64 Safran Landing Systems Canada Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.6 here).

Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology 8.6 avg Southwest Jiaotong University 8.6 avg Fujitsu Client Computing Limited 8.6 avg Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd. 8.6 avg

Nissan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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.

View data table

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	335	9.7%
2016	409	11.8%
2017	429	12.4%
2018	391	11.3%
2019	421	12.2%
2020	292	8.4%
2021	237	6.9%
2022	269	7.8%
2023	231	6.7%
2024	280	8.1%
2025partial year	162	4.7%

Which technologies does Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 911

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 746

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 671

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 661

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 461

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 446

F16H - Gearing 361

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 336

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 300

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 232

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 202

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 194

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 188

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 169

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 160

Top 15 of 239 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

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

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 26.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #105 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. against Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.8/100 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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