Where does Nextern Innovation, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nextern Innovation, LLC ranks #15,490 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 Nextern Innovation, LLC hold?

Nextern Innovation, LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Nextern Innovation, LLC's Innovation Score?

Nextern Innovation, LLC has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nextern Innovation, LLC focus on?

Nextern Innovation, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 8 patents, ranking #2,086 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nextern Innovation, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nextern Innovation, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Nextern Innovation, LLC's patents?

Nextern Innovation, LLC's patents average 18.5 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 Nextern Innovation, LLC 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

Nextern Innovation, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextern ranks #15,490 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 10 technology areas.

#15,490
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15490 · US Corporation #15,490 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,490/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanohmics
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanohmics, 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 Nextern’s 52.6 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 10.3 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 11.2 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nextern Innovation · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextern's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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 Nextern?

Each dot is one of Nextern’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). Nextern’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nextern's grants concentrate

Nextern Innovation, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 42.1% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Nextern sits between Nanohmics, Inc. and Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd..

Nextern's three-year grant acceleration

Nextern Innovation, LLC shows 19 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.

Nanohmics

19
Neumora Therapeut…

19
Next Level Racing…

19
Nextbit Systems

19
Nextleaf Solutions

19
Nihon Spindle Man…

19
Nikki

19
Ningbo Tolead Int…

19
Nextern Innovation ◀

19

What this shows Nextern holds 19 patents at rank #15,495, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nextern

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,495 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Nextern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2024

Grants by year

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

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Nextern Innovation, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	15.8%
2023	6	31.6%
2024	10	52.6%

Which technologies does Nextern Innovation, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 6

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 5

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Nextern Innovation, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nextern Innovation, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 42.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #15,490 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nextern Innovation, LLC against Nanohmics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.