Where does Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation ranks #2,311 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 Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation hold?

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation holds 169 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 49.6 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation focus on?

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's top technology area is D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles) with 79 patents, ranking #8 of 220 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -96% 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 Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's patents?

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's patents average 11.7 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 Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation 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

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 169 granted patents across 49 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dongbu ranks #2,311 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 169 patents across 49 technology areas.

#2,311
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.6/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2311 · Foreign Corporation #2,311 · 169 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 169 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,311/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agfa
CPC-WIDE D06F · 49 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agfa NV (±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 Dongbu’s 49.6 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 17.7 pts (36%) Velocity 0.2 pts (0%) Breadth 24.7 pts (50%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dongbu Daewoo · this assignee

50
Management Services… · near

50
Universidade… · near

50
Utopus Insights · near

50
Western Digital… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dongbu's Innovation Score is 49.6/100 (top 14% 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 Dongbu?

Each dot is one of Dongbu’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). Dongbu’s own 11.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dongbu's grants concentrate

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 46.7% of grants classified under D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (46 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Dongbu sits between Agfa NV and Idac Holdings, Inc..

Dongbu's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation moved from 43 to 1 grants (0.02x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,262. See the growth leaderboard.

Agfa

169
Blueowl

169
Bragi

169
Danieli & C Offic…

169
Fulian Precision…

169
Horizon Global Am…

169
Hyundai Transys

169
Idac Holdings

169
Dongbu Daewoo ◀

169

What this shows Dongbu holds 169 patents at rank #2,311, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dongbu

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,311 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D06F (Laundering)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dongbu, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In D06F (Laundering), Dongbu ranks #8 of 220 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Western Digital (FREMONT), LLC 50 Utopus Insights, Inc. 50 Management Services Group, Inc. 50 Universidade Federal DE Minas Gerais 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.7 here).

Safran 11.7 avg National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University 11.7 avg Societe D'exploitation DE Produits Pour LES Industries Chimiques Seppic 11.7 avg Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. 11.7 avg

Dongbu's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	4.7%
2016	25	14.8%
2017	46	27.2%
2018	46	27.2%
2019	37	21.9%
2020	6	3.6%
2022	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation patent most?

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 79

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 57

F25C - Producing, Working OR Handling ICE 42

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 8

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 7

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 7

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 6

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 6

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 5

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 3

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 3

Top 15 of 49 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation's lead technology class is D06F (Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D06F
Ranked #2,311 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation against Agfa NV, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.