Where does NII Northern International Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NII Northern International Inc. ranks #24,883 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 NII Northern International Inc. hold?

NII Northern International Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is NII Northern International Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NII Northern International Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.7 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NII Northern International Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NII Northern International Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 NII Northern International Inc.'s patents?

NII Northern International Inc.'s patents average 13.2 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 NII Northern International 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 Foreign Corporation

NII Northern International Inc.

Q: What technology areas does NII Northern International Inc. focus on?

NII Northern International Inc.'s top technology area is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors) with 5 patents, ranking #303 of 1,094 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NII ranks #24,883 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 12 technology areas.

#24,883
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.7/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24883 · Foreign Corporation #24,883 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,883/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NExT-e Solutions
CPC-FOCUS F21S · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NExT-e Solutions Inc. (±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 NII’s 28.7 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 8.6 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows NII's Innovation Score is 28.7/100 (28th 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 NII?

Each dot is one of NII’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). NII’s own 13.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where NII's grants concentrate

NII Northern International Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, NII sits between Nexus Spine, LLC and Ningbo Royalux Lighting Co., Ltd..

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Next-e Solutions

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Nihon Superior

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Nihon Video System

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Ningbo Flying-hor…

11
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What this shows NII holds 11 patents at rank #24,853, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NII

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,853 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21S (Non-portable Lighting Devices)

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

NII's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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NII Northern International Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	27.3%
2016	3	27.3%
2017	5	45.5%

Which technologies does NII Northern International Inc. patent most?

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 5

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 3

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

Top 12 of 12 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

NII Northern International Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NII Northern International Inc.'s lead technology class is F21S (Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21S
Ranked #24,883 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NII Northern International Inc. against Nexus Spine, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.7/100 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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