Where does Nexter Systems rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nexter Systems ranks #8,883 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 Systems hold?

Nexter Systems holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Nexter Systems's Innovation Score?

Nexter Systems has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Nexter Systems's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Systems's patents?

Nexter Systems's patents average 10.1 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 Systems 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 Systems

Q: What technology areas does Nexter Systems focus on?

Nexter Systems's top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 16 patents, ranking #26 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nexter ranks #8,883 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 29 technology areas.

#8,883
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8883 · Foreign Corporation #8,883 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,883/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsui Engineering…
CPC-FOCUS F41A · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (±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 41.4 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 12.5 pts (30%) Velocity 3.8 pts (9%) Breadth 19.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BSN Medical · near

41
Nexter Systems · this assignee

41
Otos Wing · near

41
Urschel Laboratories · near

41
Laboratoires… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nexter's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 10.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nexter's grants concentrate

Nexter Systems is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Nexter sits between Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Nile Global, Inc..

Nexter's three-year grant acceleration

Nexter Systems shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Mitsui Engineerin…

36
Mortarless

36
Multimatic

36
Nagaki Seiki

36
Nidec Servo

36
National Universi…

36
Neocific

36
Nile Global

36
Nexter Systems ◀

36

What this shows Nexter holds 36 patents at rank #8,880, 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 #8,880 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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 F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…), Nexter ranks #26 of 374 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Otos Wing Co., Ltd. 41 BSN Medical GMBH 41 Urschel Laboratories, Inc. 41 Laboratoires Expanscience 41

Nexter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Systems patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	11.1%
2016	4	11.1%
2017	2	5.6%
2018	4	11.1%
2019	4	11.1%
2020	3	8.3%
2021	7	19.4%
2022	3	8.3%
2023	4	11.1%
2024	1	2.8%

Which technologies does Nexter Systems patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 16

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 14

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 2

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16H - Gearing 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 1

Top 15 of 29 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 Systems's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nexter Systems's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #8,883 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nexter Systems against Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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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