Overall rank by patents
#15,494
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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 #15,494 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 0 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15494 · Foreign Corporation #15,494 · 19 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nextern Innovation, Llc (±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 Tolead Intern… · this assignee
31 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-UNK, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, SPAN-YRS, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #15,494 of 50,000; Innovation Score 30.9/100 sits in the top 64% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Nextern Innovation, Llc (±0 grants).
Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd. has been granted 19 US utility patents between 2024 and 2025, placing Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd. at #15,494 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 Tolead International Business Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Ningbo sits between Nextern Innovation, Llc (19 patents, rank #15,495) and Nostromo Ltd. (19 patents, rank #15,503) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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. Historical data spans 2024 through 2025, with 19 total grants over that period. 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 Tolead International Business 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 ◀
Nextern Innovation, LLC
19 patents
Nextleaf Solutions Ltd.
19 patents
Nihon Spindle Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19 patents
Nikki Co., Ltd.
19 patents
Nivalis Therapeutics, Inc.
19 patents
Nordex Energy Spain S.A.U.
19 patents
Norfolk Southern Corporation
19 patents
Nostromo Ltd.
19 patents
Ningbo Tolead International Business Co., Ltd.
19 patents
What this shows Ningbo holds 19 patents at rank #15,499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,499 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)
31 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | 73.7% |
| 2025partial year | 5 | 26.3% |
Overall rank by patents
#15,494
of 50,000 tracked assignees
30.9 out of 100
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