Where does Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. ranks #5,780 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 Research Institute, Ltd. hold?

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. holds 59 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 20% 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 Research Institute, Ltd. focus on?

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 28 patents, ranking #1,576 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +450% 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 Research Institute, Ltd.'s patents?

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s patents average 9.6 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 Research Institute, 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 Research Institute, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 59 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nomura ranks #5,780 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 59 patents across 31 technology areas.

#5,780
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 9.6
avg claims per patent: +450%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5780 · Foreign Corporation #5,780 · 59 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 59 grants
UPPER-Q #5,780/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mahle Metal Leve S/A
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +450% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mahle Metal Leve S/A (±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 46.5 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 14.1 pts (30%) Velocity 7.0 pts (15%) Breadth 19.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Cognizant Technology… · near

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Muhr UND Bender KG · near

47
Nomura Research… · this assignee

47
Unify & KG · near

47
University OF THE… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nomura's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 20% 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 9.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 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 Research Institute, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 47.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nomura sits between MD Elektronik GMBH and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc..

Nomura's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. moved from 23 to 24 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

MD Elektronik

59
Mahle Metal Leve…

59
Microfabrica

59
NR Engineering

59
Oncomed Pharmaceu…

59
Orion

59
Orvance

59
Otsuka Pharmaceut…

59
Nomura Research I… ◀

59

What this shows Nomura holds 59 patents at rank #5,781, 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 #5,781 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Nomura ranks #1,576 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation 47 Muhr UND Bender KG 47 Unify GmbH & Co. KG 47 University OF THE Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.6 here).

Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. 9.6 avg The Radio Flyer Company 9.6 avg Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. 9.6 avg J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited 9.6 avg

Nomura's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	1.7%
2017	2	3.4%
2018	2	3.4%
2019	3	5.1%
2020	11	18.6%
2021	9	15.3%
2022	8	13.6%
2023	9	15.3%
2024	7	11.9%
2025partial year	7	11.9%

Which technologies does Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 28

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 24

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 20

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 7

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 3

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 15 of 31 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 Research Institute, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 47.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,780 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. against MD Elektronik GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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