Where does Kolon Global Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kolon Global Corporation ranks #41,272 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 Kolon Global Corporation hold?

Kolon Global Corporation holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Kolon Global Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kolon Global Corporation has an Innovation Score of 21.6 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kolon Global Corporation focus on?

Kolon Global Corporation's top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kolon Global Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kolon Global Corporation's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Kolon Global Corporation's patents?

Kolon Global Corporation's patents average 6.2 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.

How is the Kolon Global Corporation 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

Kolon Global Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kolon ranks #41,272 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#41,272
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.6/100): 6.2
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41272 · Foreign Corporation #41,272 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,272/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KOC Solution
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KOC Solution, 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
Kolon Global · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kolon's Innovation Score is 21.6/100 (9th percentile 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.

Where Kolon's grants concentrate

Kolon Global Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Kolon sits between KOC Solution, Ltd. and Korea East-west Power Co., Ltd..

KOC Solution

6
Kojundo Chemical…

6
Kolbenschmidt Pie…

6
Kolo Medical

6
Kolon Life Science

6
Komatsuseiki Kosa…

6
Kongsberg Maritim…

6
Korea East-west P…

6
Kolon Global ◀

6

What this shows Kolon holds 6 patents at rank #41,198, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kolon

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,198 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Kolon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Kolon Global Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Kolon Global Corporation patent most?

B01D - Separation 4

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#41,272

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.6 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

Kolon Global Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kolon Global Corporation's lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #41,272 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kolon Global Corporation against KOC Solution, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.6/100 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

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.