Where does Nine Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nine Medical, Inc. ranks #41,961 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 Nine Medical, Inc. hold?

Nine Medical, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Nine Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nine Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.2 out of 100 (33rd 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 Nine Medical, Inc. focus on?

Nine Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 5 patents, ranking #259 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nine Medical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nine Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Nine Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Nine Medical, Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 Nine Medical, 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

Nine Medical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nine ranks #41,961 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#41,961
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.2/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41961 · US Corporation #41,961 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,961/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nightwing Group
CPC-NARROW B05B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nightwing Group, LLC (±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 Nine’s 30.2 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 6.7 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 6.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nine Medical · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nine's Innovation Score is 30.2/100 (33rd 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 Nine?

Each dot is one of Nine’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). Nine’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nine's grants concentrate

Nine Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). By volume, Nine sits between Nightwing Group, LLC and Ningbo Sincere Holding Group Co., Ltd.

Nine's three-year grant acceleration

Nine Medical, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Nightwing Group

6
Nikko-materials

6
Nilar Internation…

6
Nima Labs

6
Nine Point Eight

6
Ningbo Beilun Hai…

6
Ningbo Fabe Child…

6
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6
Nine Medical ◀

6

What this shows Nine holds 6 patents at rank #41,995, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nine

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,995 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Nine's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nine Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Nine Medical, Inc. patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 5

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 5

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Nine Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nine Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #41,961 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nine Medical, Inc. against Nightwing Group, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.2/100 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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