Where does NEC Corporation Of America rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Corporation Of America ranks #4,968 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 Corporation Of America hold?

NEC Corporation Of America holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is NEC Corporation Of America's Innovation Score?

NEC Corporation Of America has an Innovation Score of 61.9 out of 100 (top 3% 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 Corporation Of America focus on?

NEC Corporation Of America's top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 34 patents, ranking #338 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Is NEC Corporation Of America's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NEC Corporation Of America's recent grant velocity is +6000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for NEC Corporation Of America's patents?

NEC Corporation Of America's patents average 17.2 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 NEC Corporation Of America 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 Corporation Of America

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 42 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NEC ranks #4,968 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 42 technology areas.

#4,968
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.9/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +6000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4968 · Foreign Corporation #4,968 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,968/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MasterCraft Boat
CPC-WIDE G06V · 42 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +6000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC (±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 61.9 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 14.7 pts (24%) Velocity 14.0 pts (23%) Breadth 22.9 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Synchrony Bank · near

62
NEC Of America · this assignee

62
SeeScan · near

62
Taiga Motors · near

62
ObjectVideo Labs · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 61.9/100 (top 3% 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 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 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 Corporation Of America is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 48.6% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, NEC sits between Morehouse School OF Medicine and Omnicell, Inc..

NEC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NEC Corporation Of America moved from 20 to 42 grants (2.10x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Morehouse School…

70
Mastercraft Boat

70
Namics

70
National Universi…

70
NR Electric

70
Neustar

70
Oatey

70
Omnicell

70
NEC Of America ◀

70

What this shows NEC holds 70 patents at rank #4,968, 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 #4,968 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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 G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), NEC ranks #338 of 5,108 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

SeeScan, Inc. 62 Taiga Motors Inc. 62 Synchrony Bank 62 ObjectVideo Labs, LLC 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Cyber Power Systems, Inc. 17.2 avg Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. 17.2 avg Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. 17.2 avg International Paper Company 17.2 avg

NEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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NEC Corporation Of America patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	1.4%
2020	6	8.6%
2021	13	18.6%
2022	14	20.0%
2023	12	17.1%
2024	16	22.9%
2025partial year	8	11.4%

Which technologies does NEC Corporation Of America patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 34

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 24

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 22

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 11

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 3

Top 15 of 42 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 Corporation Of America's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Corporation Of America's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 48.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #4,968 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Corporation Of America against Morehouse School OF Medicine, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.9/100 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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