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Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences

Q: Where does Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences ranks #6,684 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 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 PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 57 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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According to USPTO PatentsView, Ningbo ranks #6,684 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 57 technology areas.

#6,684
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6684 · Foreign Government #6,684 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,684/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Loci Controls
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 57 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Loci Controls, 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 Ningbo’s 61.0 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 13.6 pts (22%) Velocity 15.6 pts (26%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Verizon Connect… · near

61
Ningbo Institute OF… · this assignee

61
Sharp NEC Display… · near

61
UOP · near

61
Xi'an Jiaotong… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ningbo's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (top 3% 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 Ningbo?

Each dot is one of Ningbo’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). Ningbo’s own 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 12.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Ningbo's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences received 28 grants versus 12 in 2015–2019 (+133% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 9 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class Y02E accounts for 24% of the portfolio across 57 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Loci Controls, Inc. (#6,675) and Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (#6,683).

Ningbo's three-year grant acceleration

Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences shows 21 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Loci Controls

50
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Montage Technology

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Ningbo Futai Elec…

50
Nippon Shinyaku

50
NUC

50
Navajo Manufactur…

50
Neurocrine Biosci…

50
Ningbo Institute… ◀

50

What this shows Ningbo holds 50 patents at rank #6,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ningbo

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ningbo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Ningbo ranks #1,089 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. 61 Xi'an Jiaotong University 61 UOP LLC 61 Verizon Connect Development Limited 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.4 here).

Dwango Co., Ltd. 11.4 avg Grammer AG 11.4 avg Agco Corporation 11.4 avg Japan Display Inc. 11.4 avg

Ningbo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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.

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Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.0%
2016	1	2.0%
2017	1	2.0%
2018	7	14.0%
2019	2	4.0%
2020	4	8.0%
2021	3	6.0%
2022	9	18.0%
2023	5	10.0%
2024	7	14.0%
2025partial year	10	20.0%

Which technologies does Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 10

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 8

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 4

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 3

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 3

Top 15 of 57 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

Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 24% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #6,684 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ningbo Institute OF Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy OF Sciences against Loci Controls, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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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