Where does Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. ranks #26,969 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 Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. hold?

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s patents average 12.8 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 Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. 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

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. focus on?

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 4 patents, ranking #598 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextorch ranks #26,969 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 11 technology areas.

#26,969
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26969 · Foreign Corporation #26,969 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,969/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH New Imaging
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: New Imaging Technologies (±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 Nextorch’s 47.7 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 8.3 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 11.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nextorch Industries · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextorch's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 Nextorch?

Each dot is one of Nextorch’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). Nextorch’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nextorch's grants concentrate

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nextorch sits between New Imaging Technologies and Ningbo Qisen Technology Co., Ltd.

Nextorch's three-year grant acceleration

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

New Imaging

10
New Way Tools

10
Newell Window Fur…

10
Nextern

10
Nice North America

10
Nicolon

10
Niconovum USA

10
Ningbo Qisen Tech…

10
Nextorch Industri… ◀

10

What this shows Nextorch holds 10 patents at rank #26,982, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nextorch

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,982 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Nextorch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2022	3	30.0%

Which technologies does Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 2

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 2

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #26,969 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nextorch Industries Co., Ltd. against New Imaging Technologies, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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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