Where does Nissan North America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nissan North America, Inc. ranks #502 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 North America, Inc. hold?

Nissan North America, Inc. holds 890 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 159 technology areas.

What is Nissan North America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nissan North America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.8 out of 100 (top 1% 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 North America, Inc. focus on?

Nissan North America, Inc.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 224 patents, ranking #29 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 159 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nissan North America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nissan North America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -5% 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 North America, Inc.'s patents?

Nissan North America, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 North America, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Nissan North America, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 890 granted patents across 159 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nissan ranks #502 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 890 patents across 159 technology areas.

#502
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.8/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R502 · US Corporation #502 · 890 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 890 grants
TOP-DECILE #502/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Illumina
CPC-WIDE B60R · 159 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Illumina, 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 Nissan’s 65.8 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 23.5 pts (36%) Velocity 6.8 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Board of… · near

66
Suzhou Metabrain… · near

66
ColdQuanta · near

66
Nissan North America · this assignee

66
Autodesk · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nissan's Innovation Score is 65.8/100 (top 1% 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 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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 North America, Inc. received 406 grants versus 429 in 2015–2019 (-5% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 98 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 66. Lead class B60R accounts for 25.2% of the portfolio across 159 subclasses. Volume neighbours: OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (#498) and Zhejiang University (#506).

Nissan's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nissan North America, Inc. moved from 243 to 247 grants (1.02x 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 #1,144. See the growth leaderboard.

Omnivision

897
Globalfoundries U…

896
Arkema France

892
Illumina

890
Shell OIL Compny

890
Nissan North Amer… ◀

890
Epistar

889
Stmicroelectronics

888
Zhejiang Universi…

888

What this shows Nissan holds 890 patents at rank #502, 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 #502 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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 B60R (Vehicles), Nissan ranks #29 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

ColdQuanta, Inc. 66 Autodesk, Inc. 66 Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. 66 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Grundfos Holding A/S 17.7 avg SmartDrive Systems, Inc. 17.7 avg Zimmer Spine, Inc. 17.7 avg Lund Motion Products, Inc. 17.7 avg

Nissan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Nissan North America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	66	7.4%
2016	88	9.9%
2017	98	11.0%
2018	93	10.4%
2019	84	9.4%
2020	75	8.4%
2021	84	9.4%
2022	84	9.4%
2023	81	9.1%
2024	82	9.2%
2025partial year	55	6.2%

Which technologies does Nissan North America, Inc. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 224

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 162

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 116

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 101

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 92

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 90

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 85

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 82

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 80

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 73

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 66

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 49

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 48

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 36

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 35

Top 15 of 159 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 North America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nissan North America, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 25.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #502 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nissan North America, Inc. against OmniVision Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.8/100 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.

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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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