USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group

Q: Where does Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group ranks #16,040 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group 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 PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gangneung-wonju ranks #16,040 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 25 technology areas.

#16,040
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16040 · Foreign Corporation #16,040 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,040/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fuel Tech
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 25 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fuel Tech, 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 Gangneung-wonju’s 39.1 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 10.2 pts (26%) Velocity 5.0 pts (13%) Breadth 17.7 pts (45%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gangneung-wonju… · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gangneung-wonju's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Gangneung-wonju?

Each dot is one of Gangneung-wonju’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). Gangneung-wonju’s own 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 12.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gangneung-wonju's grants concentrate

Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Gangneung-wonju sits between FuKui Precision Component (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and Gehl Foods, LLC.

Gangneung-wonju's three-year grant acceleration

Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Fukui Precision C…

18
Fuel Tech

18
Fuji Polymer Indu…

18
Fujifilm Diosynth…

18
GE Energy Product…

18
GE Energy Oilfiel…

18
Gebr Bode & KG

18
Gehl Foods

18
Gangneung-wonju N… ◀

18

What this shows Gangneung-wonju holds 18 patents at rank #16,038, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gangneung-wonju

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,038 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Gangneung-wonju's primary technology class.

Gangneung-wonju's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	16.7%
2016	4	22.2%
2017	3	16.7%
2018	1	5.6%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	1	5.6%
2022	2	11.1%
2024	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

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 1

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #16,040 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group against FuKui Precision Component (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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

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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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