Where does Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. ranks #17,946 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 Utec Electric Co. Ltd. hold?

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 21.3 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -93% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s patents?

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s patents average 3.3 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 Utec Electric 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 Utec Electric Co. Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. focus on?

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 3 patents, ranking #720 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ningbo ranks #17,946 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.

#17,946
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.3/100): 3.3
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,946/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Newave Pharmaceutical
CPC-NARROW F21V · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Ningbo’s 21.3 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 9.8 pts (46%) Velocity 0.8 pts (4%) Breadth 8.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 2.0 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ningbo Utec Electric · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ningbo's Innovation Score is 21.3/100 (8th 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 3.3 claims/patent is at or below the 9.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ningbo's grants concentrate

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 18.8% 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 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ningbo sits between Newave Pharmaceutical Inc. and Octane Biotech Inc..

Ningbo's three-year grant acceleration

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Newave Pharmaceut…

16
Newco Enterprises

16
Nexark

16
Ningbo Rotor Elec…

16
Ningbo Zhongxin T…

16
Nissan Chemical A…

16
Ocean Rodeo Sports

16
Octane Biotech

16
Ningbo Utec Elect… ◀

16

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.

Companies ranked near Ningbo

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,953 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 3

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 3

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 2

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Top 6 of 6 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 Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd.'s lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 18.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #17,946 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ningbo Utec Electric Co. Ltd. against Newave Pharmaceutical Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.3/100 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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