Where does Next Biometrics Group ASA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Next Biometrics Group ASA ranks #16,233 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 Next Biometrics Group ASA hold?

Next Biometrics Group ASA holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Next Biometrics Group ASA's Innovation Score?

Next Biometrics Group ASA has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Next Biometrics Group ASA focus on?

Next Biometrics Group ASA's top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 15 patents, ranking #666 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Next Biometrics Group ASA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Next Biometrics Group ASA's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Next Biometrics Group ASA's patents?

Next Biometrics Group ASA's patents average 21.7 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 Next Biometrics Group ASA 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

Next Biometrics Group ASA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Next ranks #16,233 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,233
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16233 · Foreign Corporation #16,233 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,233/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nautilus Subsidiary
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. (±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 Next’s 43.1 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 10.2 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 13.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Next Biometrics… · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Next's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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 Next?

Each dot is one of Next’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). Next’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 20.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Next's grants concentrate

Next Biometrics Group ASA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Next sits between Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc. and Ningbo Zhenhai Keyda Magnet Co., Ltd..

Next's three-year grant acceleration

Next Biometrics Group ASA shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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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18
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18
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18
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18

What this shows Next holds 18 patents at rank #16,240, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Next

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,240 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Next's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 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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Next Biometrics Group ASA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.1%
2016	1	5.6%
2017	1	5.6%
2018	2	11.1%
2020	1	5.6%
2021	4	22.2%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	3	16.7%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Next Biometrics Group ASA patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 15

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

G11C - Static Stores 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

Next Biometrics Group ASA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Next Biometrics Group ASA's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #16,233 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Next Biometrics Group ASA against Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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

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.