Nippon Steel Corp patents

Nippon Steel Corp holds 2,890 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents2,890
Recent patents1,175
First publicationApr 25, 2017
Latest publicationApr 7, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20171
20181
2019160
2020461
2021402
2022512
2023371
2024465
2025425
202692
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20171
20181
2019160
2020461
2021402
2022512
2023371
2024465
2025425
202692

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
C22C38/021,442
C22C38/041,394
C22C38/061,349
C22C38/0021,217
C22C38/0011,157

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Nippon Steel Corp have in patentsdb?
Nippon Steel Corp is linked to 2,890 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Nippon Steel Corp patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Chemistry & Metallurgy (2,032); Operations & Transport (1,648); Cross-Sectional Technologies (697).
Is Nippon Steel Corp's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 465 in 2024 and 425 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Nippon Steel Corp?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.