Where does NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. ranks #11,745 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 NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. hold?

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. focus on?

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 17 patents, ranking #875 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -70% 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 NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s patents?

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s patents average 13.8 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 NEC Communication Systems, 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

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NEC ranks #11,745 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 17 technology areas.

#11,745
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11745 · Foreign Corporation #11,745 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,745/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mighty Oak Medical
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mighty Oak Medical, 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 NEC’s 42.2 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 11.4 pts (27%) Velocity 8.0 pts (19%) Breadth 14.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Clariant Finance (BVI) · near

42
Alcoa USA · near

42
ConnectWise · near

42
NEC Communication… · this assignee

42
Vetco Gray · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% 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 NEC?

Each dot is one of NEC’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). NEC’s own 13.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NEC's grants concentrate

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 65.4% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, NEC sits between Mighty Oak Medical, Inc. and NS Solutions Corporation.

NEC's three-year grant acceleration

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Mighty Oak Medical

26
Monolith Materials

26
Monrovia Nursery

26
Nagrastar

26
Nippon Steel Stai…

26
Nisshin Foods

26
Northwest Instrum…

26
NS Solutions

26
NEC Communication… ◀

26

What this shows NEC holds 26 patents at rank #11,742, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NEC

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,742 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NEC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), NEC ranks #875 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Alcoa USA Corp. 42 ConnectWise, LLC 42 Vetco Gray, LLC 42 Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited 42

NEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	19.2%
2016	5	19.2%
2017	1	3.8%
2018	4	15.4%
2019	5	19.2%
2022	2	7.7%
2024	4	15.4%

Which technologies does NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 17

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

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 1

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

H04B - Transmission 1

Top 15 of 17 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

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Communication Systems, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 65.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #11,745 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Communication Systems, Ltd. against Mighty Oak Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 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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