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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. ranks #18,958 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 NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. hold?

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 31.7 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.2 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 NOK Klueber 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

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.

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

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition) with 13 patents, ranking #38 of 300 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 17 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: C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NOK ranks #18,958 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 17 technology areas.

#18,958
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.7/100): 6.2
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18958 · Foreign Corporation #18,958 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,958/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nine IP
CPC-FOCUS C10M · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nine IP Limited (±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 NOK’s 31.7 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 9.6 pts (30%) Velocity 3.8 pts (12%) Breadth 14.6 pts (46%) Claim depth 3.7 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NOK Klueber · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NOK's Innovation Score is 31.7/100 (39th 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 NOK?

Each dot is one of NOK’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). NOK’s own 6.2 claims/patent is at or below the 11.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where NOK's grants concentrate

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, NOK sits between Nine IP Limited and Nzxt, Inc..

NOK's three-year grant acceleration

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Nine IP

15
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15
Nippon Carbide In…

15
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15
North American Li…

15
NOX II

15
Nxt-id

15
Nzxt

15
NOK Klueber ◀

15

What this shows NOK holds 15 patents at rank #18,931, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NOK

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,931 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10M (Lubricating Compositions)

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

NOK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% 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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NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	1	6.7%
2017	1	6.7%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	3	20.0%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	2	13.3%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. patent most?

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 13

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 12

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

F02F - Cylinders, Pistons OR Casings, FOR Combustion ENGINES; Arrangements OF Sealings IN Combustion Engines 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

F05C - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Materials, Material Properties OR Material Characteristics FOR Machines, Engines OR Pumps Other Than Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines 1

F01B - Machines OR Engines, IN General OR OF Positive-displacement Type, e.g. Steam Engines 1

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 17 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

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

NOK Klueber Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10M
Ranked #18,958 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NOK Klueber Co., Ltd. against Nine IP Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.7/100 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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