Where does Inha University Research AND Business Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Inha University Research AND Business Foundation ranks #7,861 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 Inha University Research AND Business Foundation hold?

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 62 technology areas.

What is Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's Innovation Score?

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Inha University Research AND Business Foundation focus on?

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 11 patents, ranking #3,353 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 62 CPC subclasses total.

Is Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's recent grant velocity is +271% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's patents?

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's patents average 12.2 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

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation

Q: How is the Inha University Research AND Business Foundation 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 - 41 granted patents across 62 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inha ranks #7,861 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 62 technology areas.

#7,861
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: +271%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7861 · Foreign Corporation #7,861 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,861/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hefei BOE Display…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 62 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +271% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hefei BOE Display Lighting 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.

How Inha’s 52.4 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 12.9 pts (25%) Velocity 7.1 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acxiom · near

52
ECP Entwicklungsgese… · near

52
Freedom Photonics · near

52
Giesecke & Devrient · near

52
Inha University… · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Inha's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Inha?

Each dot is one of Inha’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). Inha’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Inha's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Inha University Research AND Business Foundation received 26 grants versus 7 in 2015–2019 (+271% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 8 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 26.8% of the portfolio across 62 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd. (#7,855) and Imerys USA, Inc. (#7,863).

Inha's three-year grant acceleration

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Hefei BOE Display…

41
Hospices Civils D…

41
Honeywell

41
Huami

41
Institute OF Phys…

41
Intact Vascular

41
Iwis Motorsysteme…

41
Imerys USA

41
Inha University R… ◀

41

What this shows Inha holds 41 patents at rank #7,859, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Inha

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,859 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Inha, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Inha ranks #3,353 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Acxiom LLC 52 ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH 52 Giesecke & Devrient GMBH 52 Freedom Photonics LLC 52

Inha's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.4%
2018	1	2.4%
2019	5	12.2%
2020	5	12.2%
2021	5	12.2%
2022	3	7.3%
2023	8	19.5%
2024	5	12.2%
2025partial year	8	19.5%

Which technologies does Inha University Research AND Business Foundation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

B01D - Separation 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

Top 15 of 62 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

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Inha University Research AND Business Foundation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 26.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #7,861 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Inha University Research AND Business Foundation against Hefei BOE Display Lighting Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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

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.