USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY)

Q: Where does Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) ranks #1,229 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 Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang 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 - 346 granted patents across 169 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Iucf-hyu ranks #1,229 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 346 patents across 169 technology areas.

#1,229
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.8/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1229 · Foreign Corporation #1,229 · 346 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 346 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,229/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aisan Kogyo
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 169 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (±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 Iucf-hyu’s 60.8 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 20.2 pts (33%) Velocity 8.0 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beckhoff Automation · near

61
Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-U… · this assignee

61
Lanxess · near

61
Lineage Logistics · near

61
University OF… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Iucf-hyu's Innovation Score is 60.8/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Iucf-hyu?

Each dot is one of Iucf-hyu’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). Iucf-hyu’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Iucf-hyu's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) received 200 grants versus 105 in 2015–2019 (+90% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 52 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 16. Lead class Y02E accounts for 19.4% of the portfolio across 169 subclasses. Volume neighbours: King Slide Technology Co., Ltd. (#1,225) and Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. (#1,233).

Iucf-hyu's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) moved from 109 to 130 grants (1.19x 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 #792. See the growth leaderboard.

King Slide Techno…

347
Tusimple

347
Aisan Kogyo

346
Cognex

346
Iucf-hyu (Industr… ◀

346
Endress+Hauser Fl…

345
Vanguard Internat…

345
Agco

344
Fujian Jinhua Int…

344

What this shows Iucf-hyu holds 346 patents at rank #1,229, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Iucf-hyu

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,229 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Iucf-hyu's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Iucf-hyu, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Iucf-hyu ranks #224 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

University OF Connecticut 61 Beckhoff Automation GmbH 61 Lineage Logistics, LLC 61 Lanxess Corporation 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Syncmold Enterprise Corp. 12.8 avg National Nail Corp. 12.8 avg Barnett Outdoors, LLC. 12.8 avg Airbus (S.A.S.) 12.8 avg

Iucf-hyu'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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Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	4.6%
2016	17	4.9%
2017	17	4.9%
2018	16	4.6%
2019	39	11.3%
2020	34	9.8%
2021	36	10.4%
2022	35	10.1%
2023	43	12.4%
2024	52	15.0%
2025partial year	41	11.8%

Which technologies does Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 67

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 48

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 38

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 31

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 30

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 29

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 24

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 23

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 21

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 21

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 19

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 18

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 18

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 17

Top 15 of 169 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

Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY)'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 19.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #1,229 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Iucf-hyu (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UNIVERSITY) against King Slide Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.8/100 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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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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