Overall rank by patents
#17,946
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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 #17,946 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17946 · Foreign Corporation #17,946 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Newave Pharmaceutical 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 Utec Electric · this assignee
21 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #17,946 of 50,000; Innovation Score 21.3/100 sits in the top 92% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Newave Pharmaceutical Inc. (±0 grants).
Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2016 and 2023, placing Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. at #17,946 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 6 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 3.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in F21V (FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). As a Foreign Corporation, Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Ningbo sits between Newave Pharmaceutical Inc. (16 patents, rank #17,949) and Octane Biotech Inc. (16 patents, rank #17,957) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 21.3/100 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 1 grants, compared with 15 in the 2015–2019 window, a -93% 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 Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s 3.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 6 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 ◀
Newave Pharmaceutical Inc.
16 patents
Newco Enterprises, Inc.
16 patents
Nexark, Inc.
16 patents
Ningbo Rotor Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd.
16 patents
Ningbo Zhongxin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
16 patents
Nissan Chemical America Corporation
16 patents
OCEAN RODEO SPORTS INC.
16 patents
OCTANE BIOTECH INC.
16 patents
Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.
16 patents
What this shows Ningbo holds 16 patents at rank #17,953, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,953 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)
21 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2017 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2019 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,946
of 50,000 tracked assignees
21.3 out of 100
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