Where does NEC Hong Kong Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Hong Kong Limited ranks #49,003 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 Hong Kong Limited hold?

NEC Hong Kong Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is NEC Hong Kong Limited's Innovation Score?

NEC Hong Kong Limited has an Innovation Score of 27.5 out of 100 (24th 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 NEC Hong Kong Limited focus on?

NEC Hong Kong Limited's top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 5 patents, ranking #1,573 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is NEC Hong Kong Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NEC Hong Kong Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Hong Kong Limited's patents?

NEC Hong Kong Limited's patents average 20.0 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 Hong Kong Limited 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 Hong Kong Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NEC ranks #49,003 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#49,003
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.5/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49003 · Foreign Corporation #49,003 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,003/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nctech
CPC-NARROW G06V · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nctech Ltd (±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 27.5 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 (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NEC Hong Kong · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 27.5/100 (24th 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 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 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 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 Hong Kong Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, NEC sits between Nctech Ltd and Nektium Pharma S.L..

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5
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5
NEC Infrontia

5
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5
Nefab AB

5
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What this shows NEC holds 5 patents at rank #48,980, 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 #48,980 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, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NEC Hong Kong Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2018	2	40.0%
2019	2	40.0%

Which technologies does NEC Hong Kong Limited patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NEC Hong Kong Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Hong Kong Limited's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #49,003 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Hong Kong Limited against Nctech Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.5/100 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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