Where does NIO Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NIO Co., Ltd. ranks #13,581 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 NIO Co., Ltd. hold?

NIO Co., Ltd. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is NIO Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

NIO Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is NIO Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

NIO Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for NIO Co., Ltd.'s patents?

NIO Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.8 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 NIO 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

NIO Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does NIO Co., Ltd. focus on?

NIO Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl) with 12 patents, ranking #213 of 1,396 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic SU).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NIO ranks #13,581 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 21 technology areas.

#13,581
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13581 · Foreign Corporation #13,581 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,581/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Naber Holding &
CPC-FOCUS B60L · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Naber Holding GmbH & Co. (±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 NIO’s 37.7 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 10.8 pts (29%) Velocity 4.2 pts (11%) Breadth 16.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biocon · near

38
Hebe Studio · near

38
NIO · this assignee

38
Sony Computer… · near

38
Wellfine Silicone… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NIO's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 NIO?

Each dot is one of NIO’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). NIO’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where NIO's grants concentrate

NIO Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 54.5% of grants classified under B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic SU). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, NIO sits between Neuroloop GMBH and Naber Holding GmbH & Co..

NIO's three-year grant acceleration

NIO Co., Ltd. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Neuroloop

22
Newlight

22
Ninestar

22
Ningbo Sunny Auto…

22
Nippon Steel Engi…

22
Nottingham Trent…

22
Nova Perenne BV

22
Naber Holding &

22
NIO ◀

22

What this shows NIO holds 22 patents at rank #13,571, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NIO

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,571 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NIO, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles), NIO ranks #213 of 1,396 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Wellfine Silicone Products Co., Ltd. 38 Hebe Studio Limited 38 Biocon Ltd. 38 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. 38

NIO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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NIO Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	13.6%
2020	6	27.3%
2021	2	9.1%
2022	3	13.6%
2023	2	9.1%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	4	18.2%

Which technologies does NIO Co., Ltd. patent most?

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 12

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 11

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 15 of 21 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

NIO Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NIO Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic SU), 54.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60L
Ranked #13,581 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NIO Co., Ltd. against Neuroloop GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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.

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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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