Where does Nextchem S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nextchem S.P.A. ranks #49,069 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 Nextchem S.P.A. hold?

Nextchem S.P.A. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Nextchem S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

Nextchem S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 49.3 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nextchem S.P.A. focus on?

Nextchem S.P.A.'s top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 3 patents, ranking #1,234 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nextchem S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nextchem S.P.A..

What does claim depth mean for Nextchem S.P.A.'s patents?

Nextchem S.P.A.'s patents average 17.2 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 Nextchem S.P.A. 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

Nextchem S.P.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2023. 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextchem ranks #49,069 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 13 technology areas.

#49,069
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49069 · Foreign Corporation #49,069 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,069/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Newteq Holding B V
CPC-FOCUS C07C · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2023 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Newteq Holding B.V. (±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 Nextchem’s 49.3 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 6.2 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 12.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Clari · near

49
Nextchem S P A · this assignee

49
Valorisation-recherc… · near

49
Kansai Paint · near

49
Satake · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextchem's Innovation Score is 49.3/100 (top 15% 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 Nextchem?

Each dot is one of Nextchem’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). Nextchem’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nextchem's grants concentrate

Nextchem S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Nextchem sits between Newteq Holding B.V. and NF CO.,Ltd.

Nextchem's three-year grant acceleration

Nextchem S.P.A. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Newteq Holding B V

5
NEX Medical Antis…

5
Nexgen Composites

5
NEXO

5
Nextpat

5
Nextshift Robotics

5
Nexus Health Reso…

5
NF

5
Nextchem S P A ◀

5

What this shows Nextchem holds 5 patents at rank #49,006, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nextchem

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,006 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nextchem, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), Nextchem ranks #1,234 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Valorisation-recherche, Limited Partnership 49 Clari Inc. 49 Satake Corporation 49 Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. 49

Nextchem's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nextchem S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	60.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Nextchem S.P.A. patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B01D - Separation 2

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 1

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 1

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

C10K - Purifying OR Modifying THE Chemical Composition OF Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Nextchem S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nextchem S.P.A.'s lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #49,069 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nextchem S.P.A. against Newteq Holding B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.3/100 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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