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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. ranks #6,262 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 Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. hold?

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.8 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 Nitto Boseki 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

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.

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

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials) with 22 patents, ranking #33 of 498 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 45 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: C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nitto ranks #6,262 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 45 technology areas.

#6,262
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6262 · Foreign Corporation #6,262 · 54 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,262/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mojo Mobility
CPC-WIDE C03C · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mojo Mobility 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 Nitto’s 50.3 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 13.8 pts (27%) Velocity 8.0 pts (16%) Breadth 23.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (9%)

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What this shows Nitto's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Nitto?

Each dot is one of Nitto’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). Nitto’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nitto's grants concentrate

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 40.7% of grants classified under C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Nitto sits between Mojo Mobility Inc. and Progress Profiles SPA.

Nitto's three-year grant acceleration

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

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What this shows Nitto holds 54 patents at rank #6,261, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nitto

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,261 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nitto, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses), Nitto ranks #33 of 498 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University 50 Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. 50 Trading Technologies International, Inc. 50 SR Technologies, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.8 here).

Mitsuba Corporation 7.8 avg THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation 7.8 avg Sodick Co., Ltd. 7.8 avg Water Pik, Inc. 7.8 avg

Nitto's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	11.1%
2016	5	9.3%
2018	4	7.4%
2019	5	9.3%
2020	2	3.7%
2021	8	14.8%
2022	1	1.9%
2023	9	16.7%
2024	8	14.8%
2025partial year	6	11.1%

Which technologies does Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. patent most?

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 22

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 19

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 14

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 13

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 7

C07K - Peptides 6

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 5

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 5

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

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

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 4

Top 15 of 45 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

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

Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C03C (Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other MA), 40.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03C
Ranked #6,262 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. against Mojo Mobility Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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