Where does Nisshin Foods Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nisshin Foods Inc. ranks #11,748 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 Nisshin Foods Inc. hold?

Nisshin Foods Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Nisshin Foods Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nisshin Foods Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.8 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nisshin Foods Inc. focus on?

Nisshin Foods Inc.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 12 patents, ranking #117 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nisshin Foods Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nisshin Foods Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Nisshin Foods Inc.'s patents?

Nisshin Foods Inc.'s patents average 6.3 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 Nisshin Foods 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 Foreign Corporation

Nisshin Foods Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nisshin ranks #11,748 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 6 technology areas.

#11,748
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100): 6.3
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11748 · Foreign Corporation #11,748 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,748/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Monrovia Nursery
CPC-NARROW A23L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Monrovia Nursery (±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 Nisshin’s 23.8 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 11.4 pts (48%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 3.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beta-Calco · near

24
Contractors &… · near

24
Nisshin Foods · this assignee

24
DG International… · near

24
Shenzhen Ouli… · near

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nisshin's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th percentile 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 Nisshin?

Each dot is one of Nisshin’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). Nisshin’s own 6.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nisshin's grants concentrate

Nisshin Foods Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Nisshin sits between Monrovia Nursery and Nypro Inc..

Monrovia Nursery

26
Nagrastar

26
NEC Communication…

26
Nippon Steel Stai…

26
Northwest Instrum…

26
NS Solutions

26
Michel VAN DE Wie…

26
Nypro

26
Nisshin Foods ◀

26

What this shows Nisshin holds 26 patents at rank #11,744, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nisshin

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,744 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nisshin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), Nisshin ranks #117 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (24 here).

Beta-Calco, Inc. 24 Contractors & Industrial Supply Company, Inc. 24 DG International Holdings Limited 24 Shenzhen Ouli Technology Co., Ltd. 24

Nisshin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nisshin Foods Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	15.4%
2016	2	7.7%
2017	7	26.9%
2018	3	11.5%
2019	4	15.4%
2020	3	11.5%
2021	3	11.5%

Which technologies does Nisshin Foods Inc. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 12

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 8

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 5

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 5

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 3

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Nisshin Foods Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nisshin Foods Inc.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #11,748 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nisshin Foods Inc. against Monrovia Nursery, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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

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