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 50,000 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. 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 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 21 technology areas.

#13,581
of 50,000 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 #13,581/50,000
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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biocon · near

38
HEBE Studio · near

38
NIO · this assignee

38
Sony Computer Entert… · near

38
Wellfine Silicone Pr… · near

38
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows NIO Co., Ltd. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #13,581 of 50,000; Innovation Score 37.7/100 sits in the top 43% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Naber Holding Gmbh & Co. (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

NIO Co., Ltd. has been granted 22 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing NIO Co., Ltd. at #13,581 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a Foreign Corporation, NIO Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, NIO sits between Neuroloop Gmbh (22 patents, rank #13,567) and Naber Holding Gmbh & Co. (22 patents, rank #13,575) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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 15 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +400% 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. NIO Co., Ltd.'s 10.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 21 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

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).

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 50,000 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

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#13,581

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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