Where does NEC Laboratories America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Laboratories America, Inc. ranks #3,022 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 Laboratories America, Inc. hold?

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. holds 126 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is NEC Laboratories America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% 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 Laboratories America, Inc. focus on?

NEC Laboratories America, Inc.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 47 patents, ranking #218 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is NEC Laboratories America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NEC Laboratories America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -98% 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 Laboratories America, Inc.'s patents?

NEC Laboratories America, Inc.'s patents average 14.1 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 Laboratories America, Inc. 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 US Corporation

NEC Laboratories America, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 126 granted patents across 34 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NEC ranks #3,022 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 126 patents across 34 technology areas.

#3,022
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3022 · US Corporation #3,022 · 126 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 126 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,022/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pilot
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot 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.

How NEC’s 52.5 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 16.7 pts (32%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 20.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Statoil Petroleum AS · near

52
Woodstream · near

52
Abiomed Europe · near

52
NEC Laboratories… · this assignee

52
Panasonic Liquid… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 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 Laboratories America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 37.3% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (112 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, NEC sits between Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation and S&C Electric Company.

NEC's three-year grant acceleration

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Pilot

126
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126
L3harris

126
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126
Nanotronics Imagi…

126
Piolax

126
Pinterest

126
S&C Electric

126
NEC Laboratories… ◀

126

What this shows NEC holds 126 patents at rank #3,020, 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 #3,020 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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 H04B (Transmission), NEC ranks #218 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Abiomed Europe GmbH 52 Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. 52 Woodstream Corporation 52 Statoil Petroleum AS 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.1 here).

Akamai Technologies, Inc. 14.1 avg thyssenkrupp AG 14.1 avg AUO Corporation 14.1 avg Delphi Technologies IP Limited 14.1 avg

NEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 Laboratories America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	112	88.9%
2016	11	8.7%
2017	1	0.8%
2021	1	0.8%
2024	1	0.8%

Which technologies does NEC Laboratories America, Inc. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 47

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 41

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 31

H04J - Multiplex Communication 25

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 22

H04Q - Selecting 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

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 6

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 2

Top 15 of 34 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 Laboratories America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Laboratories America, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 37.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #3,022 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Laboratories America, Inc. against Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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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