Where does NXP B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NXP B.V. ranks #134 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 NXP B.V. hold?

NXP B.V. holds 2,783 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 157 technology areas.

What is NXP B.V.'s Innovation Score?

NXP B.V. has an Innovation Score of 67.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NXP B.V. focus on?

NXP B.V.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 668 patents. Grants appear in 157 CPC subclasses total.

Is NXP B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NXP B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -21% 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 NXP B.V.'s patents?

NXP B.V.'s patents average 16.9 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 NXP B.V. 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

NXP B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,783 granted patents across 157 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NXP ranks #134 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,783 patents across 157 technology areas.

#134
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.2/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R134 · Foreign Corporation #134 · 2,783 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.8K grants
TOP-DECILE #134/49,997
NEAR-PEER Sony Semiconductor…
CPC-WIDE H04L · 157 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (±8 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Braskem · near

67
GoPro · near

67
NXP B V · this assignee

67
Semiconductor… · near

67
Walmart Apollo · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NXP's Innovation Score is 67.2/100 (top 1% 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.

How NXP's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, NXP B.V. received 1,151 grants versus 1,462 in 2015–2019 (-21% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 326 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 166. Lead class H04L accounts for 24% of the portfolio across 157 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Juniper Networks, Inc. (#130) and Rohm Co., Ltd. (#138).

NXP's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NXP B.V. moved from 855 to 601 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,143. See the growth leaderboard.

Juniper Networks

2,902
Beijing Xiaomi Mo…

2,840
Comcast Cable Com…

2,828
Sony Semiconducto…

2,791
NXP B V ◀

2,783
Salesforce com

2,773
Wells Fargo Bank…

2,773
Fraunhofer-gesell…

2,763
Rohm

2,753

What this shows NXP holds 2,783 patents at rank #134, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NXP

By rank, the assignees closest to #134 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NXP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC 67 Walmart Apollo, LLC 67 GoPro, Inc. 67 Braskem S.A. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. 16.9 avg Honor Device Co., Ltd. 16.9 avg Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. 16.9 avg Shutterfly, LLC 16.9 avg

NXP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

NXP B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	284	10.2%
2016	290	10.4%
2017	298	10.7%
2018	285	10.2%
2019	305	11.0%
2020	326	11.7%
2021	224	8.0%
2022	222	8.0%
2023	213	7.7%
2024	166	6.0%
2025partial year	170	6.1%

Which technologies does NXP B.V. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 668

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 587

H04B - Transmission 514

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 297

H03K - Pulse Technique 277

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 261

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 214

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 210

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 207

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 185

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 181

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 161

H03F - Amplifiers 146

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 128

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 113

Top 15 of 157 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#134

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

67.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

NXP B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NXP B.V.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 24% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #134 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NXP B.V. against Juniper Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.2/100 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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