Where does Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. ranks #36,699 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 Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. hold?

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 18.8 out of 100 (5th 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 Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. focus on?

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges) with 1 patents, ranking #221 of 410 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.'s patents average 2.3 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 Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. 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

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ningbo ranks #36,699 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 1 technology areas.

#36,699
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 5th percentile
by Innovation Score (18.8/100): 2.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36699 · Foreign Corporation #36,699 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,699/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ningbo Chima Winch
CPC-NARROW B62B · 1 areas
INNOV-LOW 18.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Chima Winch 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 Ningbo’s 18.8 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 7.2 pts (38%) Velocity 6.7 pts (36%) Breadth 3.5 pts (19%) Claim depth 1.4 pts (7%)

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What this shows Ningbo's Innovation Score is 18.8/100 (5th 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 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 2.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 1.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ningbo's grants concentrate

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 14.3% of grants classified under B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Ningbo sits between Ningbo Chima Winch Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Xuanhua Electric Co., Ltd..

Ningbo's three-year grant acceleration

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows Ningbo holds 7 patents at rank #36,625, 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 #36,625 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles)

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

Ningbo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

19 5th percentile higher than 5% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2025partial year	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. patent most?

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

Top 1 of 1 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 Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges), 14.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62B
Ranked #36,699 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ningbo Meiqi Tool Co., Ltd. against Ningbo Chima Winch Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 18.8/100 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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