Where does Nextchip Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nextchip Co., Ltd. ranks #32,633 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 Nextchip Co., Ltd. hold?

Nextchip Co., Ltd. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nextchip Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th 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 Nextchip Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 5 patents, ranking #2,173 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s patents average 16.0 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 Nextchip Co., Ltd. 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

Nextchip Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextchip ranks #32,633 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#32,633
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32633 · Foreign Corporation #32,633 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,633/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Newsplug
CPC-NARROW H04N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Newsplug, 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 Nextchip’s 33.2 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 7.6 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nextchip · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextchip's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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 Nextchip?

Each dot is one of Nextchip’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). Nextchip’s own 16.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nextchip's grants concentrate

Nextchip Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Nextchip sits between Newsplug, Inc and Ningbo Advanced Memory Technology Corporation.

Nextchip's three-year grant acceleration

Nextchip Co., Ltd. shows 1 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.

Newsplug

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Next Jump

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Nextiles

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What this shows Nextchip holds 8 patents at rank #32,671, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nextchip

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,671 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Nextchip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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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Nextchip Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	5	62.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Nextchip Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nextchip Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #32,633 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nextchip Co., Ltd. against Newsplug, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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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