Where does Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. ranks #32,661 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 Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. hold?

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing) with 5 patents, ranking #178 of 1,218 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.3 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 Nomura Micro Science 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

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nomura ranks #32,661 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 10 technology areas.

#32,661
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32661 · Foreign Corporation #32,661 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,661/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Geostar…
CPC-FOCUS B01F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Geostar Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Nomura’s 36.5 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 7.6 pts (21%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Charm Sciences · near

36
FotoNation Cayman · near

36
Nomura Micro Science · this assignee

36
Parfums Christian Dior · near

36
Summit ESP · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nomura's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Nomura?

Each dot is one of Nomura’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). Nomura’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 11.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nomura's grants concentrate

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Nomura sits between Ningbo Geostar Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. and Northeast Normal University.

Nomura's three-year grant acceleration

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Ningbo Geostar Ph…

8
Ningbo Yangling T…

8
Nintex USA

8
Nolo

8
Noodle Analytics

8
Noodle Technology

8
Norden Machinery…

8
Northeast Normal…

8
Nomura Micro Scie… ◀

8

What this shows Nomura holds 8 patents at rank #32,680, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nomura

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,680 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01F (Mixing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nomura, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01F (Mixing), Nomura ranks #178 of 1,218 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Summit ESP, LLC 36 Charm Sciences, Inc. 36 Parfums Christian Dior 36 FotoNation Cayman Limited 36

Nomura's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	12.5%
2020	2	25.0%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	2	25.0%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. patent most?

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 5

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 4

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

B01D - Separation 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 1

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01F
Ranked #32,661 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd. against Ningbo Geostar Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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