Where does Noritake Co., Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Noritake Co., Limited ranks #5,617 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 Noritake Co., Limited hold?

Noritake Co., Limited holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Noritake Co., Limited's Innovation Score?

Noritake Co., Limited has an Innovation Score of 51.8 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Noritake Co., Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Noritake Co., Limited's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Noritake Co., Limited's patents?

Noritake Co., Limited's patents average 8.5 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 Noritake Co., Limited 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

Noritake Co., Limited

Q: What technology areas does Noritake Co., Limited focus on?

Noritake Co., Limited's top technology area is 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) with 12 patents, ranking #254 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 51 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: 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 Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Noritake ranks #5,617 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 51 technology areas.

#5,617
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 8.5
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5617 · Foreign Corporation #5,617 · 61 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,617/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NeoMed
CPC-WIDE C09D · 51 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NeoMed, 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 Noritake’s 51.8 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 14.3 pts (28%) Velocity 7.5 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 5.1 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FLSmidth A/S · near

52
Noritake · this assignee

52
Imperial Innovations · near

52
SGL Carbon SE · near

52
Sloan Valve · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Noritake's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (top 11% 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 Noritake?

Each dot is one of Noritake’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). Noritake’s own 8.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Noritake's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Noritake Co., Limited received 30 grants versus 24 in 2015–2019 (+25% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 1. Lead class C09D accounts for 19.7% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nico Corporation (#5,612) and Position Imaging, Inc. (#5,620).

Noritake's three-year grant acceleration

Noritake Co., Limited shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Nico

61
Ningbo Tuotuo Riv…

61
Noxell

61
Neomed

61
OP Solutions

61
Paul Wurth

61
Pruitt Tool & Sup…

61
Position Imaging

61
Noritake ◀

61

What this shows Noritake holds 61 patents at rank #5,616, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Noritake

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,616 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Noritake, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C09D (Coating Compositions), Noritake ranks #254 of 1,818 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Sloan Valve Company 52 FLSmidth A/S 52 SGL Carbon SE 52 Imperial Innovations Limited 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.5 here).

China Medical University 8.5 avg Paccar Inc 8.5 avg Maxlite, Inc 8.5 avg Harbin Institute OF Technology 8.5 avg

Noritake's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Noritake Co., Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	6.6%
2016	7	11.5%
2017	6	9.8%
2018	1	1.6%
2019	6	9.8%
2020	4	6.6%
2021	7	11.5%
2022	4	6.6%
2023	5	8.2%
2024	10	16.4%
2025partial year	7	11.5%

Which technologies does Noritake Co., Limited patent most?

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 12

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 11

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 7

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 7

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 7

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 6

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 5

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 5

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 5

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 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

Top 15 of 51 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

Noritake Co., Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Noritake Co., Limited's lead technology class is 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 Materi), 19.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #5,617 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Noritake Co., Limited against Nico Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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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