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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NK Works Co., Ltd. ranks #41,994 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 NK Works Co., Ltd. hold?

NK Works Co., Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is NK Works Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

NK Works Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 24.5 out of 100 (15th 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 NK Works Co., Ltd. focus on?

NK Works Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 4 patents, ranking #2,568 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

NK Works Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 NK Works Co., Ltd.'s patents?

NK Works Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.2 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 NK Works 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

NK Works Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NK ranks #41,994 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#41,994
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.5/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41994 · Foreign Corporation #41,994 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,994/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nissan Jidosha
CPC-NARROW G06T · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (±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 NK’s 24.5 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 6.7 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NK Works · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NK's Innovation Score is 24.5/100 (15th 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 NK?

Each dot is one of NK’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). NK’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NK's grants concentrate

NK Works Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, NK sits between Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha and Noram International Limited.

Nissan Jidosha

6
NIT Docomo

6
Nitto Kogyo

6
Nittoh Kogaku K K

6
Nkmax

6
Noark Electrics(S…

6
Nookology

6
Noram Internation…

6
NK Works ◀

6

What this shows NK holds 6 patents at rank #41,889, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NK

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,889 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

NK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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NK Works Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	66.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does NK Works Co., Ltd. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

NK Works Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #41,994 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NK Works Co., Ltd. against Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.5/100 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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