Nec Corp patents

Nec Corp holds 23,912 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents23,912
Recent patents7,801
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20151,913
20161,738
20171,604
20181,576
20191,955
20202,040
20211,954
20222,398
20232,449
20243,097
20252,607
2026581
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20151,913
20161,738
20171,604
20181,576
20191,955
20202,040
20211,954
20222,398
20232,449
20243,097
20252,607
2026581

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
G06V20/521,320
G06N20/001,043
G06V40/172891
H04W72/23803
G06T7/00685

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Nec Corp have in patentsdb?
Nec Corp is linked to 23,912 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Nec Corp patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (14,629); Electricity (13,894); Cross-Sectional Technologies (1,714).
Is Nec Corp's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 3,097 in 2024 and 2,607 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Nec Corp?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.