Where does Nine Point Eight Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nine Point Eight Inc. ranks #41,962 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 Point Eight Inc. hold?

Nine Point Eight Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Nine Point Eight Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nine Point Eight Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.9 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nine Point Eight Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nine Point Eight Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Nine Point Eight Inc.'s patents?

Nine Point Eight Inc.'s patents average 13.5 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 Point Eight 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

Nine Point Eight Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Nine Point Eight Inc. focus on?

Nine Point Eight Inc.'s top technology area is B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like) with 5 patents, ranking #79 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 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: B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nine ranks #41,962 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#41,962
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.9/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41962 · Foreign Corporation #41,962 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,962/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nikko-Materials
CPC-NARROW B62K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nikko-Materials Co., Ltd. (±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 24.9 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 (27%) Velocity 2.2 pts (9%) Breadth 7.9 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nine Point Eight · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nine's Innovation Score is 24.9/100 (16th 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 13.5 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 Point Eight Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Nine sits between Nikko-Materials Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Zhenfei Decorated Curtain Co., Ltd..

Nine's three-year grant acceleration

Nine Point Eight Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Nikko-materials

6
Nilar Internation…

6
Nima Labs

6
Nine Medical

6
Ningbo Beilun Hai…

6
Ningbo Fabe Child…

6
Ningbo Sincere Ho…

6
Ningbo Zhenfei De…

6
Nine Point Eight ◀

6

What this shows Nine holds 6 patents at rank #41,996, 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 #41,996 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62K (Cycles)

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)

25 16th percentile higher than 16% 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 Point Eight Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Nine Point Eight Inc. patent most?

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 5

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 4

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 1

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Nine Point Eight Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nine Point Eight Inc.'s lead technology class is B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62K
Ranked #41,962 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nine Point Eight Inc. against Nikko-Materials Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.9/100 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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