Where does Noritake Itron Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Noritake Itron Corporation ranks #23,101 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 Itron Corporation hold?

Noritake Itron Corporation holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Noritake Itron Corporation's Innovation Score?

Noritake Itron Corporation has an Innovation Score of 24.0 out of 100 (13th 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 Noritake Itron Corporation focus on?

Noritake Itron Corporation's top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 5 patents, ranking #328 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Noritake Itron Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Noritake Itron Corporation's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Noritake Itron Corporation's patents?

Noritake Itron Corporation's patents average 6.6 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 Noritake Itron Corporation 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 Itron Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Noritake ranks #23,101 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 10 technology areas.

#23,101
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.0/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23101 · Foreign Corporation #23,101 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,101/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NLT Spine
CPC-FOCUS H01J · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NLT Spine 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 Noritake’s 24.0 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 8.9 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (47%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Noritake Itron · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Noritake's Innovation Score is 24.0/100 (13th 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 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 6.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 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.

Where Noritake's grants concentrate

Noritake Itron Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Noritake sits between NLT Spine Ltd. and NOX Corporation.

NLT Spine

12
NLU Products L L C

12
Noctrix Health

12
NON Typical

12
Northvolt AB

12
Noul

12
Novasep Process

12
NOX

12
Noritake Itron ◀

12

What this shows Noritake holds 12 patents at rank #23,055, 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 #23,055 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Noritake's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Itron Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	8.3%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Noritake Itron Corporation patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 5

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 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

Noritake Itron Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Noritake Itron Corporation's lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #23,101 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Noritake Itron Corporation against NLT Spine Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.0/100 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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