Where does NextVR Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NextVR Inc. ranks #6,930 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 NextVR Inc. hold?

NextVR Inc. holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is NextVR Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NextVR Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.7 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NextVR Inc. focus on?

NextVR Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 44 patents, ranking #410 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

NextVR Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -63% 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 NextVR Inc.'s patents?

NextVR Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 NextVR 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

NextVR Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nextvr ranks #6,930 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 13 technology areas.

#6,930
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.7/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -63%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6930 · US Corporation #6,930 · 48 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,930/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Neapco Intellectual…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -63% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC (±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 Nextvr’s 36.7 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 13.4 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EchoSense · near

37
NextVR · this assignee

37
Wickr · near

37
Zepp · near

37
ACE · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nextvr's Innovation Score is 36.7/100 (top 46% 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 Nextvr?

Each dot is one of Nextvr’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). Nextvr’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nextvr's grants concentrate

NextVR Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Nextvr sits between Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC and Phoenix Contact E-mobility GMBH.

Neapco Intellectu…

48
Netsia

48
Netsuite

48
Neuroderm

48
Okinawa Institute…

48
Openet Telecom

48
Perftech

48
Phoenix Contact E…

48
Nextvr ◀

48

What this shows NextVR holds 48 patents at rank #6,933, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NextVR

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,933 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NextVR, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), NextVR ranks #410 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Zepp, Inc. 37 Wickr Inc. 37 EchoSense, LLC 37 ACE Technologies Corporation 37

Nextvr's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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NextVR Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.1%
2016	3	6.3%
2017	7	14.6%
2018	11	22.9%
2019	13	27.1%
2020	13	27.1%

Which technologies does NextVR Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 44

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 11

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 7

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 2

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

NextVR Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #6,930 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NextVR Inc. against Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.7/100 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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