Overall rank by patents
#15,490
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextern ranks #15,490 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 10 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Nextern Innovation · this assignee
53 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Nextern Innovation, Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, SPAN-YRS, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #15,490 of 50,000; Innovation Score 52.6/100 sits in the top 10% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Nanohmics, Inc. (±0 grants).
Nextern Innovation, Llc has been granted 19 US utility patents between 2022 and 2024, placing Nextern Innovation, Llc at #15,490 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 10 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a US Corporation, Nextern Innovation, Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Nextern sits between Nanohmics, Inc. (19 patents, rank #15,491) and Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd. (19 patents, rank #15,499) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 52.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Historical data spans 2022 through 2024, with 19 total grants over that period. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Nextern Innovation, Llc's 18.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 10 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Nanohmics, Inc.
19 patents
Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.
19 patents
Next Level Racing Simulations Pty Ltd
19 patents
Nextbit Systems Inc.
19 patents
Nextleaf Solutions Ltd.
19 patents
Nihon Spindle Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19 patents
Nikki Co., Ltd.
19 patents
Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd.
19 patents
Nextern Innovation, LLC
19 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,495 in granted patent volume.
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 15.8% |
| 2023 | 6 | 31.6% |
| 2024 | 10 | 52.6% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#15,490
of 50,000 tracked assignees
52.6 out of 100
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