Where does Nextronics Engineering Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nextronics Engineering Corp. ranks #11,365 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 Nextronics Engineering Corp. hold?

Nextronics Engineering Corp. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Nextronics Engineering Corp. has an Innovation Score of 28.1 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s patents?

Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s patents average 9.8 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 Nextronics Engineering Corp. 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

Nextronics Engineering Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Nextronics Engineering Corp. focus on?

Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 20 patents, ranking #159 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 6 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextronics ranks #11,365 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 6 technology areas.

#11,365
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.1/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11365 · Foreign Corporation #11,365 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,365/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Defense…
CPC-NARROW H01R · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Defense Medical Center (±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 Nextronics’s 28.1 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 11.5 pts (41%) Velocity 2.0 pts (7%) Breadth 8.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Green Extraction · near

28
Nextronics Engineering · this assignee

28
Lisle · near

28
Mitralign · near

28
Nsk-warner K K · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextronics's Innovation Score is 28.1/100 (26th percentile 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 Nextronics?

Each dot is one of Nextronics’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). Nextronics’s own 9.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nextronics's grants concentrate

Nextronics Engineering Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 74.1% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Nextronics sits between National Defense Medical Center and Nubia Technology Co., Ltd..

Nextronics's three-year grant acceleration

Nextronics Engineering Corp. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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 Defense…

27
National Science…

27
Netzch-feinmahlte…

27
Netzsch-gerätebau

27
Nikon Metrology

27
Northrop Grumman…

27
NRI R&D Patent Li…

27
Nubia Technology

27
Nextronics Engine… ◀

27

What this shows Nextronics holds 27 patents at rank #11,359, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nextronics

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,359 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nextronics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), Nextronics ranks #159 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Green Extraction Technologies 28 Mitralign, Inc. 28 Nsk-warner K.K. 28 Lisle Corporation 28

Nextronics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% 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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Nextronics Engineering Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.8%
2016	4	14.8%
2017	3	11.1%
2018	3	11.1%
2019	5	18.5%
2020	4	14.8%
2021	1	3.7%
2022	3	11.1%

Which technologies does Nextronics Engineering Corp. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 20

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nextronics Engineering Corp.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 74.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #11,365 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nextronics Engineering Corp. against National Defense Medical Center, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.1/100 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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