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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Platforms, Ltd. ranks #1,235 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 Platforms, Ltd. hold?

NEC Platforms, Ltd. holds 344 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 111 technology areas.

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

NEC Platforms, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 59.3 out of 100 (top 4% 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 Platforms, Ltd. focus on?

NEC Platforms, Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 101 patents. Grants appear in 111 CPC subclasses total.

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

NEC Platforms, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +37% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for NEC Platforms, Ltd.'s patents?

NEC Platforms, Ltd.'s patents average 9.3 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 Platforms, 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 Platforms, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 344 granted patents across 111 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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 #1,235 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 344 patents across 111 technology areas.

#1,235
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: +37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1235 · Foreign Corporation #1,235 · 344 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 344 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,235/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agco
CPC-WIDE G06F · 111 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agco 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
Assistance PUBLIQUE—… · near

59
Covestro · near

59
Hefei BOE Optoelectr… · near

59
Koki Holdings · near

59
NEC Platforms · this assignee

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (top 4% 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.

How NEC's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, NEC Platforms, Ltd. received 181 grants versus 132 in 2015–2019 (+37% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 49 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 19. Lead class G06F accounts for 29.4% of the portfolio across 111 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (#1,231) and Cox Communications, Inc. (#1,239).

NEC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NEC Platforms, Ltd. moved from 95 to 121 grants (1.27x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #678. See the growth leaderboard.

Vanguard Internat…

345
Agco

344
Fujian Jinhua Int…

344
Nagravision Sarl

344
Oki Electric Indu…

344
SHL Medical

344
Sonoco Development

344
NEC Platforms ◀

344
Cox Communications

342

What this shows NEC holds 344 patents at rank #1,235, 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 #1,235 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Assistance PUBLIQUE—HÔPITAUX DE Paris (APHP) 59 Covestro LLC 59 Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. 59 Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.3 here).

Shinshu University 9.3 avg Edwards Japan Limited 9.3 avg Leapers, Inc. 9.3 avg Organo Corporation 9.3 avg

NEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 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 Platforms, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	6.1%
2016	19	5.5%
2017	24	7.0%
2018	33	9.6%
2019	35	10.2%
2020	25	7.3%
2021	35	10.2%
2022	45	13.1%
2023	27	7.8%
2024	49	14.2%
2025partial year	31	9.0%

Which technologies does NEC Platforms, Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 101

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 57

H04M - Telephonic Communication 53

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

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 36

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 35

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 28

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 24

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 22

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 21

H04Q - Selecting 17

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 17

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 16

H04B - Transmission 13

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 13

Top 15 of 111 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,235

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.3 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 Platforms, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Platforms, Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 29.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,235 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Platforms, Ltd. against Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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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