Where does Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University ranks #3,039 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University's Innovation Score?

Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University has an Innovation Score of 54.4 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University focus on?

Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 24 patents. Grants appear in 97 CPC subclasses total.

Is Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University's recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Foundation OF Chonnam National University's patents?

Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University's patents average 9.4 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 Foundation OF Chonnam National University

Q: How many patents does Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University hold?

Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University holds 125 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 97 technology areas.

Q: How is the Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National 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 - 125 granted patents across 97 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Industry ranks #3,039 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 125 patents across 97 technology areas.

#3,039
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.4/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3039 · Foreign Corporation #3,039 · 125 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 125 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,039/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fingerprint Cards AB
CPC-WIDE A61K · 97 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fingerprint Cards AB (±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
Industry Foundation… · this assignee

54
J Wagner · near

54
Phoseon Technology · near

54
Space Systems/Loral · near

54
Weichai Power · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Industry's Innovation Score is 54.4/100 (top 8% 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's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University received 58 grants versus 60 in 2015–2019 (-3% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 18 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 6. Lead class A61K accounts for 19.2% of the portfolio across 97 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fingerprint Cards AB (#3,035) and New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. (#3,043).

Industry's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University moved from 33 to 35 grants (1.06x 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 #1,033. See the growth leaderboard.

Fingerprint Cards…

125
Fontem Holdings 1…

125
Heraeus Quarzglas…

125
Hgci

125
Kabo Tool

125
Lifecell

125
Monday COM

125
New-tec Integrati…

125
Industry Foundati… ◀

125

What this shows Industry holds 125 patents at rank #3,039, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Industry

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,039 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Space Systems/Loral, LLC 54 Phoseon Technology, Inc. 54 Weichai Power Co., Ltd. 54 J. Wagner GmbH 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.4 here).

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. 9.4 avg Tamura Corporation 9.4 avg Nanjing Tech University 9.4 avg Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd 9.4 avg

Industry's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 Foundation OF Chonnam National University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	12.0%
2016	11	8.8%
2017	6	4.8%
2018	18	14.4%
2019	10	8.0%
2020	11	8.8%
2021	12	9.6%
2022	15	12.0%
2023	7	5.6%
2024	13	10.4%
2025partial year	7	5.6%

Which technologies does Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 24

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 17

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 15

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 14

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 14

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 9

C07K - Peptides 9

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 9

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 8

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 8

C12Y - Enzymes 7

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 7

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 6

Top 15 of 97 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,039

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.4 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 Foundation OF Chonnam National University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 19.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,039 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Industry Foundation OF Chonnam National University against Fingerprint Cards AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.4/100 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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