Overall rank by patents
#21,522
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 8 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: F21V (FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Ningbo ranks #21,522 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 8 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21522 · Foreign Corporation #21,522 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Ningbo Aquart Electrical Appliance 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Ningbo Taller Electr… · this assignee
42 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Ningbo's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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.
Ningbo Taller Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 30.8% of grants classified under F21V (FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ningbo sits between Ningbo Aquart Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd and NKT HV Cables Gmbh.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
NINGBO AQUART ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD
13 patents
NINGBO ERGOVIDA HEALTH TECHNOLOGY LTD.
13 patents
NINGBO LIYANG NEW MATERIAL COMPANY LIMITED
13 patents
NINGBO RICHEN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD
13 patents
NIPPON PAINT SURF CHEMICALS CO., LTD
13 patents
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION
13 patents
NITTO SHINKO CORPORATION
13 patents
NKT HV Cables GmbH
13 patents
NINGBO TALLER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
13 patents
What this shows Ningbo holds 13 patents at rank #21,502, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,502 in granted patent volume.
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)
42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 46.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.7% |
Top 8 of 8 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,522
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.9 out of 100
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