Where does Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation ranks #13,078 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 Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation hold?

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's Innovation Score?

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation has an Innovation Score of 30.6 out of 100 (35th 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 Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation focus on?

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 19 patents, ranking #633 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's recent grant velocity is +900% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's patents?

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's patents average 9.7 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 Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation 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

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nexchip ranks #13,078 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 8 technology areas.

#13,078
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.6/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: +900%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13078 · Foreign Corporation #13,078 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,078/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National University…
CPC-NARROW H01L · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +900% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National University Corporation Nagoya Institute OF Technology (±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 Nexchip’s 30.6 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 11.0 pts (36%) Velocity 3.8 pts (12%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Nexchip Semiconductor · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nexchip's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (35th 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 Nexchip?

Each dot is one of Nexchip’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). Nexchip’s own 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 10.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nexchip's grants concentrate

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 82.6% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Nexchip sits between National University Corporation Nagoya Institute OF Technology and Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co., Ltd..

Nexchip's three-year grant acceleration

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

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What this shows Nexchip holds 23 patents at rank #13,065, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nexchip

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,065 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Nexchip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	8.7%
2020	2	8.7%
2021	10	43.5%
2022	5	21.7%
2024	3	13.0%
2025partial year	1	4.3%

Which technologies does Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 19

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 17

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 6

G11C - Static Stores 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 82.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #13,078 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation against National University Corporation Nagoya Institute OF Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.6/100 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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