Where does NexPlanar Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NexPlanar Corporation ranks #14,812 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 NexPlanar Corporation hold?

NexPlanar Corporation holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is NexPlanar Corporation's Innovation Score?

NexPlanar Corporation has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NexPlanar Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NexPlanar Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 NexPlanar Corporation's patents?

NexPlanar Corporation's patents average 23.1 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 NexPlanar 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 US Corporation

NexPlanar Corporation

Q: What technology areas does NexPlanar Corporation focus on?

NexPlanar Corporation's top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 20 patents, ranking #30 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nexplanar ranks #14,812 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 10 technology areas.

#14,812
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 23.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14812 · US Corporation #14,812 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,812/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nautilus True
CPC-FOCUS B24B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nautilus True, 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 Nexplanar’s 35.6 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 10.5 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NexPlanar · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nexplanar's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 Nexplanar?

Each dot is one of Nexplanar’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). Nexplanar’s own 23.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nexplanar's grants concentrate

NexPlanar Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, Nexplanar sits between Nautilus True, LLC and Ningbo Gemay Industry Company Limited.

Nautilus True

20
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Network Performan…

20
Neurent Medical

20
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20
Next Progeny Pty

20
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20
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20
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20

What this shows NexPlanar holds 20 patents at rank #14,809, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NexPlanar

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,809 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

Nexplanar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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NexPlanar Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	45.0%
2016	6	30.0%
2017	5	25.0%

Which technologies does NexPlanar Corporation patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 20

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 14

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

NexPlanar Corporation's lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #14,812 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NexPlanar Corporation against Nautilus True, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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