Where does Nexter Munitions rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nexter Munitions ranks #11,023 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 Nexter Munitions hold?

Nexter Munitions holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Nexter Munitions's Innovation Score?

Nexter Munitions has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nexter Munitions focus on?

Nexter Munitions's top technology area is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition) with 22 patents, ranking #21 of 331 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nexter Munitions's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nexter Munitions's recent grant velocity is +45% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Nexter Munitions's patents?

Nexter Munitions's patents average 8.3 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 Nexter Munitions 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

Nexter Munitions

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 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: F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nexter ranks #11,023 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 14 technology areas.

#11,023
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: +45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11023 · Foreign Corporation #11,023 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,023/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanjing Forestry…
CPC-FOCUS F42B · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanjing Forestry University (±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 Nexter’s 38.0 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 11.6 pts (31%) Velocity 8.1 pts (21%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carbonite · near

38
JS Products · near

38
Nexter Munitions · this assignee

38
Promethean · near

38
Xylem IP Management… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nexter's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Nexter?

Each dot is one of Nexter’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). Nexter’s own 8.3 claims/patent is at or below the 11.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nexter's grants concentrate

Nexter Munitions is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Nexter sits between Nanjing Forestry University and Nutramax Laboratories, Inc..

Nexter's three-year grant acceleration

Nexter Munitions shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Nanjing Forestry…

28
National Christma…

28
Neogen

28
NEW World Medical

28
Nippon Filcon

28
Nissin Chemical I…

28
NSE Products

28
Nutramax Laborato…

28
Nexter Munitions ◀

28

What this shows Nexter holds 28 patents at rank #11,016, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nexter

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,016 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F42B (Explosive Charges)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nexter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F42B (Explosive Charges), Nexter ranks #21 of 331 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Xylem IP Management S. à r.l. 38 Promethean Limited 38 Carbonite, Inc. 38 JS Products, Inc. 38

Nexter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% 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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Nexter Munitions patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.1%
2016	3	10.7%
2017	1	3.6%
2018	1	3.6%
2019	4	14.3%
2020	2	7.1%
2021	3	10.7%
2022	6	21.4%
2023	4	14.3%
2024	1	3.6%
2025partial year	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Nexter Munitions patent most?

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 22

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 7

C06D - Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART) 2

C06B - Explosives OR Thermic Compositions ; Manufacture THEREOF; USE OF Single Substances AS Explosives 2

C06C - Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

C22C - Alloys 1

F42D - Blasting 1

F02K - Jet-propulsion Plants 1

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 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

Nexter Munitions's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nexter Munitions's lead technology class is F42B (Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F42B
Ranked #11,023 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nexter Munitions against Nanjing Forestry University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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