Where does Kakaobank Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kakaobank Corp. ranks #18,801 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 Kakaobank Corp. hold?

Kakaobank Corp. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Kakaobank Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Kakaobank Corp. has an Innovation Score of 48.6 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kakaobank Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kakaobank Corp..

What does claim depth mean for Kakaobank Corp.'s patents?

Kakaobank Corp.'s patents average 14.0 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.

How is the Kakaobank Corp. 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Kakaobank Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Kakaobank Corp. focus on?

Kakaobank Corp.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 9 patents, ranking #1,413 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kakaobank ranks #18,801 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,801
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18801 · Foreign Corporation #18,801 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,801/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Yoshikawakuni Kogyosho
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Yoshikawakuni Kogyosho (±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 Kakaobank’s 48.6 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 9.6 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 10.6 pts (22%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kakaobank · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kakaobank's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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 Kakaobank?

Each dot is one of Kakaobank’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). Kakaobank’s own 14.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kakaobank's grants concentrate

Kakaobank Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Kakaobank sits between KWS Saat AG and KnowmTech, LLC.

Kakaobank's three-year grant acceleration

Kakaobank Corp. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

KWS Saat

15
Kyodo Printing

15
Kyowa Medex

15
Yoshikawakuni Kog…

15
Kancera AB

15
Kesseböhmer Holdi…

15
Kineticor

15
Knowmtech

15
Kakaobank ◀

15

What this shows Kakaobank holds 15 patents at rank #18,808, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kakaobank

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,808 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Kakaobank's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kakaobank Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	1	6.7%
2023	8	53.3%
2024	4	26.7%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Kakaobank Corp. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Kakaobank Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kakaobank Corp.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #18,801 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kakaobank Corp. against KWS Saat AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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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