Where does Nextek Power Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nextek Power Systems, Inc. ranks #23,078 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Nextek Power Systems, Inc. hold?

Nextek Power Systems, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Nextek Power Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nextek Power Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.5 out of 100 (top 65% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nextek Power Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nextek Power Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Nextek Power Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Nextek Power Systems, Inc.'s patents average 12.9 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 Nextek Power Systems, Inc. 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

Nextek Power Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nextek Power Systems, Inc. focus on?

Nextek Power Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H02J (CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H02J (CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextek ranks #23,078 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#23,078
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 65%
by Innovation Score (30.5/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23078 · US Corporation #23,078 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,078/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Nevada Nanotech Syst…
CPC-FOCUS H02J · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nevada Nanotech Systems 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nextek Power Systems · this assignee

31
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextek's Innovation Score is 30.5/100 (top 65% 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.

Where Nextek's grants concentrate

Nextek Power Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under H02J (CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nextek sits between Nevada Nanotech Systems Inc. and Nocell Technologies, Llc.

Nevada Nanotech S…

12
New Wave Endo-sur…

12
Newgen Surgical

12
Newpace

12
Ningbo Forward Pl…

12
Ningbo Yousun Imp…

12
Nippon Tanshi

12
Nocell

12
Nextek Power Syst… ◀

12

What this shows Nextek holds 12 patents at rank #23,094, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nextek

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,094 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02J (Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distribu…)

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

Nextek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 Top 65% higher than 35% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Nextek Power Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	25.0%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	2	16.7%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	2	16.7%
2023	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Nextek Power Systems, Inc. patent most?

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 8

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 4

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 3

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 1

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 1

H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS 1

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 1

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 1

H04B - TRANSMISSION 1

H02B - BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER 1

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 1

H02G - INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,078

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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