Where does Nexperia B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nexperia B.V. ranks #3,181 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 Nexperia B.V. hold?

Nexperia B.V. holds 118 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Nexperia B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Nexperia B.V. has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nexperia B.V. focus on?

Nexperia B.V.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 72 patents, ranking #231 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nexperia B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nexperia B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +62% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nexperia B.V.'s patents?

Nexperia B.V.'s patents average 15.1 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 Nexperia B.V. 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

Nexperia B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 118 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Nexperia ranks #3,181 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 118 patents across 31 technology areas.

#3,181
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3181 · Foreign Corporation #3,181 · 118 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 118 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,181/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intrinsic Innovation
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intrinsic Innovation LLC (±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 Nexperia’s 51.2 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 16.5 pts (32%) Velocity 6.0 pts (12%) Breadth 19.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (18%)

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Water Harvesting · near

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What this shows Nexperia's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 Nexperia?

Each dot is one of Nexperia’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). Nexperia’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nexperia's grants concentrate

Nexperia B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 61% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (16 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2023. By volume, Nexperia sits between Intrinsic Innovation LLC and SiTime Corporation.

Nexperia's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nexperia B.V. moved from 40 to 36 grants (0.90x 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 #1,472. See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows Nexperia holds 118 patents at rank #3,182, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nexperia

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,182 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nexperia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), Nexperia ranks #231 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Hiwin Technologies Corp. 51 Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. 51 Invention And Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd. 51 Water Harvesting, Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

BOE Optical Science and Technology Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg University of Vermont and State Agricultural College 15.1 avg TRW Automotive GMBH 15.1 avg Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 15.1 avg

Nexperia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nexperia B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	10	8.5%
2018	16	13.6%
2019	13	11.0%
2020	15	12.7%
2021	12	10.2%
2022	15	12.7%
2023	6	5.1%
2024	15	12.7%
2025partial year	16	13.6%

Which technologies does Nexperia B.V. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 72

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 51

H03K - Pulse Technique 18

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

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 2

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 2

H03F - Amplifiers 1

Top 15 of 31 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

Nexperia B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nexperia B.V.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 61% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #3,181 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nexperia B.V. against Intrinsic Innovation LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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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