Where does NexWafe GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NexWafe GmbH ranks #32,636 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 NexWafe GmbH hold?

NexWafe GmbH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is NexWafe GmbH's Innovation Score?

NexWafe GmbH has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NexWafe GmbH focus on?

NexWafe GmbH's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 7 patents, ranking #1,149 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is NexWafe GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NexWafe GmbH's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for NexWafe GmbH's patents?

NexWafe GmbH's patents average 12.6 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 NexWafe GmbH 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

NexWafe GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nexwafe ranks #32,636 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 11 technology areas.

#32,636
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32636 · Foreign Corporation #32,636 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,636/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nevion Europe AS
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nevion Europe AS (±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 Nexwafe’s 33.6 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 7.6 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 11.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NexWafe · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nexwafe's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th 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 Nexwafe?

Each dot is one of Nexwafe’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). Nexwafe’s own 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nexwafe's grants concentrate

NexWafe GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Nexwafe sits between Nevion Europe AS and Nextiles, Inc..

Nexwafe's three-year grant acceleration

NexWafe GmbH shows 4 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.

Nevion Europe AS

8
New Dimensions Re…

8
New Energies & Al…

8
Newsplug

8
Nexcelom Bioscien…

8
Next Jump

8
Nextchip

8
Nextiles

8
Nexwafe ◀

8

What this shows NexWafe holds 8 patents at rank #32,668, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NexWafe

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,668 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Nexwafe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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NexWafe GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	12.5%
2021	3	37.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	2	25.0%

Which technologies does NexWafe GmbH patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

C25F - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic Removal OF Materials From OBJECTS; Apparatus Therefor 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

B01D - Separation 1

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 1

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 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

NexWafe GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NexWafe GmbH's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #32,636 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NexWafe GmbH against Nevion Europe AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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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