Where does NSK Steering & Control, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NSK Steering & Control, Inc. ranks #49,210 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 NSK Steering & Control, Inc. hold?

NSK Steering & Control, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2025 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is NSK Steering & Control, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NSK Steering & Control, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 17.8 out of 100 (5th 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 NSK Steering & Control, Inc. focus on?

NSK Steering & Control, Inc.'s top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 5 patents, ranking #400 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is NSK Steering & Control, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for NSK Steering & Control, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for NSK Steering & Control, Inc.'s patents?

NSK Steering & Control, Inc.'s patents average 9.2 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 NSK Steering & Control, Inc. 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

NSK Steering & Control, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2025–2025. 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NSK ranks #49,210 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#49,210
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.8/100): 9.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49210 · Foreign Corporation #49,210 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,210/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Novelic D O O
CPC-NARROW B62D · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 17.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2025–2025 · 1y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Novelic D.O.O. (±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 NSK’s 17.8 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 6.2 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (34%) Claim depth 5.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NSK Steering & Control · this assignee

18
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NSK's Innovation Score is 17.8/100 (5th 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 NSK?

Each dot is one of NSK’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). NSK’s own 9.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NSK's grants concentrate

NSK Steering & Control, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). By volume, NSK sits between Novelic D.O.O. and NTN Buzztime, Inc..

Novelic D O O

5
Noven

5
Novotec

5
NPC

5
NTA Enterprise

5
Ntherma

5
NTK Cutting Tools

5
NTN Buzztime

5
NSK Steering & Co… ◀

5

What this shows NSK holds 5 patents at rank #49,081, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NSK

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,081 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

NSK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

18 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2025–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NSK Steering & Control, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2025partial year	5	100.0%

Which technologies does NSK Steering & Control, Inc. patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 5

F16H - Gearing 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

Top 3 of 3 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

NSK Steering & Control, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NSK Steering & Control, Inc.'s lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #49,210 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NSK Steering & Control, Inc. against Novelic D.O.O., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 17.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.