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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NextLabs, Inc. ranks #5,702 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 NextLabs, Inc. hold?

NextLabs, Inc. holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is NextLabs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NextLabs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NextLabs, Inc. focus on?

NextLabs, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 57 patents, ranking #868 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

NextLabs, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

NextLabs, Inc.'s patents average 22.6 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 NextLabs, 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

NextLabs, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 7 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextlabs ranks #5,702 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 7 technology areas.

#5,702
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 22.6
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5702 · US Corporation #5,702 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,702/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NCH
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NCH Corporation (±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 Nextlabs’s 40.9 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 14.2 pts (35%) Velocity 3.8 pts (9%) Breadth 9.4 pts (23%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Britax Römer… · near

41
ExOne · near

41
NextLabs · this assignee

41
Nissha Printing · near

41
OCÉ- B V · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextlabs's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Nextlabs?

Each dot is one of Nextlabs’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). Nextlabs’s own 22.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nextlabs's grants concentrate

NextLabs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 95% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Nextlabs sits between NCH Corporation and PolyOne Corporation.

Nextlabs's three-year grant acceleration

NextLabs, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

NCH

60
Niterra

60
Network-1

60
New Motech

60
Open Text

60
PAX Computer Tech…

60
Pentair Flow

60
Polyone

60
Nextlabs ◀

60

What this shows NextLabs holds 60 patents at rank #5,701, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NextLabs

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,701 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NextLabs, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), NextLabs ranks #868 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V. 41 Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. 41 Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH 41 ExOne GmbH 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.6 here).

Nguyen Gaming LLC 22.6 avg Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. 22.6 avg Koss Corporation 22.6 avg Berg Companies, Inc. 22.6 avg

Nextlabs's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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NextLabs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	11.7%
2016	12	20.0%
2017	6	10.0%
2018	9	15.0%
2019	7	11.7%
2020	4	6.7%
2021	5	8.3%
2022	1	1.7%
2023	4	6.7%
2024	4	6.7%
2025partial year	1	1.7%

Which technologies does NextLabs, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 57

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 55

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 16

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 13

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

NextLabs, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 95% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,702 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NextLabs, Inc. against NCH Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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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