Where does Nectar, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nectar, Inc. ranks #17,932 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 Nectar, Inc. hold?

Nectar, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Nectar, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nectar, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.7 out of 100 (48th 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 Nectar, Inc. focus on?

Nectar, Inc.'s top technology area is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume) with 11 patents, ranking #79 of 1,205 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nectar, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nectar, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +29% 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 Nectar, Inc.'s patents?

Nectar, Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Nectar, 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

Nectar, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nectar ranks #17,932 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 14 technology areas.

#17,932
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.7/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17932 · US Corporation #17,932 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,932/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Namuga
CPC-FOCUS G01F · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Namuga 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.

How Nectar’s 34.7 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 9.8 pts (28%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 13.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nectar · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nectar's Innovation Score is 34.7/100 (48th 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 Nectar?

Each dot is one of Nectar’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). Nectar’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nectar's grants concentrate

Nectar, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nectar sits between NZ Tube Mills Limited and Newave Pharmaceutical Inc..

Nectar's three-year grant acceleration

Nectar, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

NZ Tube Mills

16
Namuga

16
Nanjing Legend Bi…

16
Nanotech Energy

16
Neozyme Internati…

16
Neurolens

16
New Mexico Tech U…

16
Newave Pharmaceut…

16
Nectar ◀

16

What this shows Nectar holds 16 patents at rank #17,945, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nectar

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,945 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01F (Measuring Volume)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nectar's primary technology class.

Nectar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nectar, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	4	25.0%
2021	3	18.8%
2022	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Nectar, Inc. patent most?

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 11

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 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

H04Q - Selecting 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 4

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 4

H04B - Transmission 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Nectar, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nectar, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01F
Ranked #17,932 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nectar, Inc. against NZ Tube Mills Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.7/100 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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