Where does NextInput, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NextInput, Inc. ranks #10,705 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 NextInput, Inc. hold?

NextInput, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is NextInput, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NextInput, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.8 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 NextInput, Inc. focus on?

NextInput, Inc.'s top technology area is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure) with 24 patents, ranking #27 of 1,293 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is NextInput, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NextInput, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +157% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for NextInput, Inc.'s patents?

NextInput, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 NextInput, 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

NextInput, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 10 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: G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextinput ranks #10,705 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 10 technology areas.

#10,705
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +157%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10705 · US Corporation #10,705 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,705/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Yunlin…
CPC-FOCUS G01L · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +157% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (±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 Nextinput’s 52.8 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 11.7 pts (22%) Velocity 18.7 pts (35%) Breadth 11.2 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anumana · near

53
Federal Cartridge · near

53
Montana State… · near

53
NextInput · this assignee

53
Yoshino Gypsum · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextinput's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (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 Nextinput?

Each dot is one of Nextinput’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). Nextinput’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nextinput's grants concentrate

NextInput, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 82.8% of grants classified under G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nextinput sits between National Yunlin University of Science and Technology and Novadaq Technologies ULC.

Nextinput's three-year grant acceleration

NextInput, Inc. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

National Yunlin U…

29
Natural Extractio…

29
Natural Gas Solut…

29
Neurohabilitation

29
Nihon Parkerizing

29
Ningbo Fotile Kit…

29
Northern Tool & E…

29
Novadaq ULC

29
Nextinput ◀

29

What this shows NextInput holds 29 patents at rank #10,706, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NextInput

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,706 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01L (Measuring Force)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NextInput, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01L (Measuring Force), NextInput ranks #27 of 1,293 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Federal Cartridge Company 53 Montana State University 53 Anumana, Inc. 53 Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd. 53

Nextinput'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 · 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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NextInput, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.4%
2016	2	6.9%
2018	3	10.3%
2019	1	3.4%
2020	3	10.3%
2021	1	3.4%
2022	5	17.2%
2023	2	6.9%
2024	7	24.1%
2025partial year	4	13.8%

Which technologies does NextInput, Inc. patent most?

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 24

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 15

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 8

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 1

Top 10 of 10 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

NextInput, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NextInput, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure), 82.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01L
Ranked #10,705 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NextInput, Inc. against National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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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