Where does NEC Infrontia Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Infrontia Corporation ranks #49,004 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 Infrontia Corporation hold?

NEC Infrontia Corporation holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2015, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is NEC Infrontia Corporation's Innovation Score?

NEC Infrontia Corporation has an Innovation Score of 20.6 out of 100 (7th 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 Infrontia Corporation focus on?

NEC Infrontia Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

NEC Infrontia Corporation'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 Infrontia Corporation's patents?

NEC Infrontia Corporation's patents average 8.4 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 Infrontia Corporation 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 Infrontia Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2015. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NEC ranks #49,004 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#49,004
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.6/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49004 · Foreign Corporation #49,004 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,004/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ndis
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ndis Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NEC Infrontia · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 20.6/100 (7th 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.

Where NEC's grants concentrate

NEC Infrontia Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). By volume, NEC sits between Ndis Corporation and Nellone Therapeutics, Inc..

Ndis

5
Near Intelligence

5
Nearshore Natural…

5
NEC Hong Kong

5
Needstomatch

5
Nefab AB

5
Nektium Pharma S L

5
Nellone Therapeut…

5
NEC Infrontia ◀

5

What this shows NEC holds 5 patents at rank #48,981, 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 #48,981 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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)

21 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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 Infrontia Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	100.0%

Which technologies does NEC Infrontia Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#49,004

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NEC Infrontia Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Infrontia Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #49,004 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Infrontia Corporation against Ndis Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.6/100 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

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.