Where does NEC Lighting, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Lighting, Ltd. ranks #10,702 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 Lighting, Ltd. hold?

NEC Lighting, Ltd. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is NEC Lighting, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

NEC Lighting, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.4 out of 100 (41st 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 Lighting, Ltd. focus on?

NEC Lighting, Ltd.'s top technology area is H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices) with 25 patents, ranking #117 of 791 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is NEC Lighting, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NEC Lighting, Ltd.'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 Lighting, Ltd.'s patents?

NEC Lighting, Ltd.'s patents average 10.1 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 Lighting, Ltd. 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 Lighting, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NEC ranks #10,702 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 17 technology areas.

#10,702
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10702 · Foreign Corporation #10,702 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,702/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Myriad Genetics
CPC-FOCUS H10K · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Myriad Genetics, Inc. (±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 32.4 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 11.7 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (45%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Allnex IP r L · near

32
DAJ Global Partners · near

32
Gilead Pharmasset · near

32
Motivo · near

32
NEC Lighting · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (41st 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 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 11.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

NEC vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where NEC's grants concentrate

NEC Lighting, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 86.2% of grants classified under H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, NEC sits between Myriad Genetics, Inc. and National Yunlin University of Science and Technology.

Myriad Genetics

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Myriad Women's He…

29
Nanoport Technolo…

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National Agricult…

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Nexrf

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Noodoe Group

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National Yunlin U…

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What this shows NEC holds 29 patents at rank #10,698, 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 #10,698 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices)

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 H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices), NEC ranks #117 of 791 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Allnex IP S.a.r.L. 32 Motivo, Inc. 32 Gilead Pharmasset LLC 32 DAJ Global Partners LLC 32

NEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

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 Lighting, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	13.8%
2016	3	10.3%
2017	8	27.6%
2018	7	24.1%
2019	7	24.1%

Which technologies does NEC Lighting, Ltd. patent most?

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 25

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

Top 15 of 17 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 Lighting, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Lighting, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices), 86.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10K
Ranked #10,702 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Lighting, Ltd. against Myriad Genetics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.4/100 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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