USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Nexans

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 256 granted patents across 95 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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256

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

10.5

Avg claims per patent

-12%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Nexans holds 256 US patents across 95 technology areas, rank #1,614 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,614
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.5/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -12%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Nexans has been granted 256 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Nexans at rank #1,614 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 95 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES). As a Foreign Corporation, Nexans is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Nexans sits between Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (256 patents, rank #1,610) and Givaudan Sa (255 patents, rank #1,618) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 56.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 120 grants, compared with 136 in the 2015–2019 window, a -12% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Nexans's 10.5 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 95 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Nexans against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Asahi Kasei Micro…

256
BULL SAS

256
Johnson Electric

256
Kitty Hawk

256
SEB

256
Stmicroelectronic…

256
Nexans ◀

256
Biomerieux

255
Givaudan

255

What this shows Nexans holds 256 patents at rank #1,614, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nexans

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,614 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01B (Cables)

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

Nexans's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 50,000 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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Nexans patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	14.5%
2016	21	8.2%
2017	23	9.0%
2018	25	9.8%
2019	30	11.7%
2020	25	9.8%
2021	16	6.3%
2022	18	7.0%
2023	22	8.6%
2024	24	9.4%
2025	15	5.9%

Which technologies does Nexans patent most?

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES 139

H02G - INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES 72

H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS 56

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 35

F16L - PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL 33

C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS 22

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 19

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 18

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 17

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 15

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 14

B60R - VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 13

B23K - SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM 11

B21C - MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES, PROFILES OR LIKE SEMI-MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL 10

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 9

Top 15 of 95 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,614

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Nexans hold?

Nexans holds 256 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 95 technology areas.

What is Nexans's Innovation Score?

Nexans has an Innovation Score of 56.5 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nexans focus on?

Nexans's top technology area is H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES) with 139 patents. The company has filed patents in 95 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nexans's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Nexans's recent filing velocity is -12% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Nexans's patents?

Nexans's patents average 10.5 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Nexans 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.

How to use this portfolio

Nexans's 256 grants land it in the top 6% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Nexans ranks #1,614 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H01B - see who else leads that technology area. H01B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.