Overall rank by patents
#18,952
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Ningbo ranks #18,952 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 0 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18952 · Foreign Corporation #18,952 · 15 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nice-pak Products, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Ningbo Litesun Elect… · this assignee
12 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-UNK, INNOV-LOW, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #18,952 of 50,000; Innovation Score 11.5/100 sits in the top 98% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Nice-pak Products, Inc. (±0 grants).
Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd has been granted 15 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd at #18,952 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 0 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 1.0 claims per patent. As a Foreign Corporation, Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Ningbo sits between Nice-pak Products, Inc. (15 patents, rank #18,950) and Novartis Vaccines And Diagnostics, Inc. (15 patents, rank #18,958) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 11.5/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 11 grants, compared with 2 in the 2015–2019 window, a +450% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd's 1.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 0 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Nice-Pak Products, Inc.
15 patents
Nickel & Suede LLC
15 patents
Nifty Home Products, Inc
15 patents
Nikon SLM Solutions AG
15 patents
Ningbo Pureza Technology Co., Ltd.
15 patents
Nitta Haas Inc.
15 patents
Nortek Air Solutions, LLC
15 patents
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
15 patents
Ningbo Litesun Electric Co., Ltd
15 patents
What this shows Ningbo holds 15 patents at rank #18,954, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,954 in granted patent volume.
Ningbo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
12 Top 98% higher than 2% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 9 | 60.0% |
| 2022 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 13.3% |
Overall rank by patents
#18,952
of 50,000 tracked assignees
11.5 out of 100
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