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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. ranks #2,810 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 Solution Innovators, Ltd. hold?

NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. holds 137 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 58 technology areas.

What is NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 53.7 out of 100 (top 9% 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 Solution Innovators, Ltd. focus on?

NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 52 patents. Grants appear in 58 CPC subclasses total.

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

NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -9% 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 Solution Innovators, Ltd.'s patents?

NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.'s patents average 12.0 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 Solution Innovators, 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 Solution Innovators, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 137 granted patents across 58 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 #2,810 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 137 patents across 58 technology areas.

#2,810
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.7/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2810 · Foreign Corporation #2,810 · 137 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 137 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,810/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hong ANN Tool…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 58 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hong ANN Tool Industries Co., 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acacia Communications · near

54
Delphi · near

54
Electrolux Home… · near

54
NEC Solution… · this assignee

54
THE Japan Steel Works · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NEC's Innovation Score is 53.7/100 (top 9% 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 Solution Innovators, Ltd. received 62 grants versus 68 in 2015–2019 (-9% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 7. Lead class G06F accounts for 38% of the portfolio across 58 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hong ANN Tool Industries Co., Ltd. (#2,806) and Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited (#2,814).

NEC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. moved from 42 to 28 grants (0.67x 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 #2,261. See the growth leaderboard.

Hong ANN Tool Ind…

137
Illuscio

137
Iris Ohyama

137
Joy Global Underg…

137
NEW H3C

137
Nuovo Pignone SRL

137
Salomon S

137
Wonderland Nurser…

137
NEC Solution Inno… ◀

137

What this shows NEC holds 137 patents at rank #2,810, 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 #2,810 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 (54 here).

Acacia Communications, Inc. 54 THE Japan Steel Works, Ltd. 54 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. 54 Delphi Technologies 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.0 here).

BenQ Materials Corporation 12.0 avg H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC 12.0 avg KT Corporation 12.0 avg Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. 12.0 avg

NEC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 Solution Innovators, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	5.8%
2016	16	11.7%
2017	17	12.4%
2018	19	13.9%
2019	8	5.8%
2020	16	11.7%
2021	18	13.1%
2022	10	7.3%
2023	11	8.0%
2024	7	5.1%
2025partial year	7	5.1%

Which technologies does NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 52

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 39

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 36

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 20

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

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 14

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 7

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 6

Top 15 of 58 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,810

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.7 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 Solution Innovators, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 38% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,810 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. against Hong ANN Tool Industries Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.7/100 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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