Where does Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University ranks #546 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University's recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University's patents?

Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University's patents average 13.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University

Q: How is the Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University 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 - 823 granted patents across 207 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Industry-academic ranks #546 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 823 patents across 207 technology areas.

#546
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R546 · Foreign Corporation #546 · 823 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 823 grants
TOP-DECILE #546/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NGK Spark Plug
CPC-BROAD H04W · 207 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (±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
Globalwafers · near

61
Immunolight · near

61
Industry-academic… · this assignee

61
Axon Enterprise · near

61
The Gillette · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Industry-academic's Innovation Score is 61.3/100 (top 3% 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.

How Industry-academic's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University received 285 grants versus 491 in 2015–2019 (-42% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 112 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 47. Lead class H04W accounts for 12.8% of the portfolio across 207 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. (#542) and Saint-gobain Glass France (#550).

Industry-academic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University moved from 211 to 166 grants (0.79x 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 #1,884. See the growth leaderboard.

Shanghai United I…

825
Silicon Laborator…

825
E Ink Holdings

824
Kaneka

824
NGK Spark Plug

823
Industry-academic… ◀

823
National Institut…

822
Mitutoyo

820
Saint-gobain Glas…

820

What this shows Industry-academic holds 823 patents at rank #546, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Industry-academic

By rank, the assignees closest to #546 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Industry-academic's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Industry-academic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

The Gillette Company LLC 61 Globalwafers Co., Ltd. 61 Axon Enterprise, Inc. 61 Immunolight, LLC 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.1 here).

Zoetis Services LLC 13.1 avg Huntsman International LLC 13.1 avg The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University 13.1 avg Kiss Nail Products, Inc. 13.1 avg

Industry-academic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	94	11.4%
2016	98	11.9%
2017	112	13.6%
2018	95	11.5%
2019	92	11.2%
2020	65	7.9%
2021	54	6.6%
2022	47	5.7%
2023	72	8.7%
2024	47	5.7%
2025partial year	47	5.7%

Which technologies does Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 105

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 94

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 91

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 72

H04B - Transmission 68

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 60

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 55

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 55

G11C - Static Stores 48

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 45

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 42

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 40

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 37

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 34

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 33

Top 15 of 207 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#546

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 12.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #546 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University against Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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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