USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

NEC Corporation Of America

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 42 technology areas, active 2019–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06V (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING).

Compiled by PlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

17.2

Avg claims per patent

+6800%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

NEC holds 70 US patents across 42 technology areas, rank #4,968 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#4,968
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.9/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +6800%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

NEC Corporation Of America has been granted 70 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing NEC Corporation Of America at rank #4,968 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 42 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06V (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING). As a Foreign Corporation, NEC Corporation Of America is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, NEC sits between Morehouse School OF Medicine (70 patents, rank #4,964) and Omnicell, Inc. (70 patents, rank #4,972) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 61.9/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 69 grants, compared with 1 in the 2015–2019 window, a +6800% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. NEC Corporation Of America's 17.2 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 42 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark NEC Corporation Of America against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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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.

NEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 50,000 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%
2025	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

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,968

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does NEC Corporation Of America hold?

NEC Corporation Of America holds 70 US granted patents filed 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. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing 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. The company has filed patents in 42 CPC subclasses total.

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

NEC Corporation Of America's recent filing velocity is +6800% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

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

NEC Corporation Of America's patents average 17.2 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

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.

How to use this portfolio

NEC's 70 grants land it in the top 3% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - NEC ranks #4,968 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06V - see who else leads that technology area. G06V leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.