Where does Nexus Photonics, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nexus Photonics, Inc ranks #17,037 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 Nexus Photonics, Inc hold?

Nexus Photonics, Inc holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Nexus Photonics, Inc's Innovation Score?

Nexus Photonics, Inc has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nexus Photonics, Inc focus on?

Nexus Photonics, Inc's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 16 patents, ranking #781 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nexus Photonics, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nexus Photonics, Inc.

What does claim depth mean for Nexus Photonics, Inc's patents?

Nexus Photonics, Inc's patents average 14.5 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 Nexus Photonics, 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

Nexus Photonics, Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nexus ranks #17,037 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 7 technology areas.

#17,037
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17037 · US Corporation #17,037 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,037/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NEW Power Plasma
CPC-NARROW G02B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NEW Power Plasma Co., Ltd. (±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 Nexus’s 41.4 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 10.0 pts (24%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 9.4 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Altor Bioscience · near

41
Armament Systems… · near

41
Continental… · near

41
Kolmar Korea · near

41
Nexus Photonics · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nexus's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Nexus?

Each dot is one of Nexus’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). Nexus’s own 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nexus's grants concentrate

Nexus Photonics, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Nexus sits between NEW Power Plasma Co., Ltd. and Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd..

Nexus's three-year grant acceleration

Nexus Photonics, Inc shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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 Power Plasma

17
NEX Services Nort…

17
Nexon Korea

17
Next Carbon Solut…

17
Nicca Chemical

17
Ningbo Jinghui Op…

17
Ningbo Mentoriend…

17
Nippon Paint Hold…

17
Nexus Photonics ◀

17

What this shows Nexus holds 17 patents at rank #17,022, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nexus

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,022 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nexus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Nexus ranks #781 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Continental Advanced Lidar Solutions US, Inc. 41 Kolmar Korea Co., Ltd. 41 Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. 41 Altor Bioscience LLC 41

Nexus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nexus Photonics, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	17.6%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	4	23.5%
2023	2	11.8%
2024	2	11.8%
2025partial year	5	29.4%

Which technologies does Nexus Photonics, Inc patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 7

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

H04B - Transmission 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 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

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

Nexus Photonics, Inc's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #17,037 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nexus Photonics, Inc against NEW Power Plasma Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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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