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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Niterra Co., Ltd. ranks #5,703 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 Niterra Co., Ltd. hold?

Niterra Co., Ltd. holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

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

Niterra Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 60.1 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

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

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

Niterra Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.8 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 Niterra 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

Niterra Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Niterra Co., Ltd. focus on?

Niterra Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases) with 21 patents, ranking #6 of 118 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 38 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Niterra ranks #5,703 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 38 technology areas.

#5,703
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (60.1/100): 6.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5703 · Foreign Corporation #5,703 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,703/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lockheed Martin Energy
CPC-FOCUS H01T · 38 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC (±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 Niterra’s 60.1 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 14.2 pts (24%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 21.8 pts (36%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus Helicopters… · near

60
Fred Hutchinson… · near

60
Pragmatic Printing · near

60
KT · near

60
Niterra · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Niterra's Innovation Score is 60.1/100 (top 4% 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 Niterra?

Each dot is one of Niterra’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). Niterra’s own 6.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Niterra's grants concentrate

Niterra Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 35% of grants classified under H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (35 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Niterra sits between Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC and Open Text S.A..

Niterra's three-year grant acceleration

Niterra Co., Ltd. shows 38 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.

Lockheed Martin E…

60
Mueller Martini H…

60
Navico

60
NCH

60
Network-1

60
New Motech

60
Nextlabs

60
Open Text

60
Niterra ◀

60

What this shows Niterra holds 60 patents at rank #5,698, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Niterra

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,698 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01T (Spark GAPS)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Niterra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01T (Spark GAPS), Niterra ranks #6 of 118 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

KT Corporation 60 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 60 Pragmatic Printing Ltd. 60 Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GMBH 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.8 here).

JST Performance, LLC 6.8 avg Wuhan University OF Technology 6.8 avg Hiwin Technologies Corp. 6.8 avg Nifco Inc. 6.8 avg

Niterra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Niterra Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	3	5.0%
2024	35	58.3%
2025partial year	22	36.7%

Which technologies does Niterra Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 21

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 13

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 10

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 7

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

Top 15 of 38 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

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

Niterra Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01T (Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases), 35% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01T
Ranked #5,703 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Niterra Co., Ltd. against Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.1/100 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.