Where does Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. ranks #15,495 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 Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. hold?

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. focus on?

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.'s top technology area is G05F (Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables) with 7 patents, ranking #112 of 658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.'s patents?

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.'s patents average 8.8 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 Nisshinbo Micro Devices 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

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: G05F (Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nisshinbo ranks #15,495 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 23 technology areas.

#15,495
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15495 · Foreign Corporation #15,495 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,495/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Naval Group
CPC-FOCUS G05F · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Naval Group (±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 Nisshinbo’s 52.6 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 10.3 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 17.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 5.3 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nisshinbo's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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 Nisshinbo?

Each dot is one of Nisshinbo’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). Nisshinbo’s own 8.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nisshinbo's grants concentrate

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 36.8% of grants classified under G05F (Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Nisshinbo sits between Naval Group and Nuseed Global Innovation Ltd..

Nisshinbo's three-year grant acceleration

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Naval Group

19
Neurogami Medical

19
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19
NEW York Society…

19
Nonin Medical

19
NTI

19
Ntn-snr Roulements

19
Nuseed Global Inn…

19
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19

What this shows Nisshinbo holds 19 patents at rank #15,484, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nisshinbo

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,484 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05F (Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables)

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

Nisshinbo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	15.8%
2023	4	21.1%
2024	6	31.6%
2025partial year	6	31.6%

Which technologies does Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. patent most?

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 7

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H03F - Amplifiers 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 2

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H03C - Modulation 1

H03D - Demodulation OR Transference OF Modulation From ONE Carrier TO Another 1

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

Top 15 of 23 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

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc.'s lead technology class is G05F (Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables), 36.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05F
Ranked #15,495 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. against Naval Group, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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

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