Overall rank by patents
#2,759
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 140 granted patents across 110 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Kookmin ranks #2,759 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 140 patents across 110 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2759 · Foreign Corporation #2,759 · 140 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Bentley Systems, Incorporated (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Deep Science · near
63 score
Guangdong Midea… · near
63 score
Kookmin University… · this assignee
63 score
Mitsubishi Electric… · near
63 score
Nanjing University… · near
63 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Kookmin's Innovation Score is 63.4/100 (top 2% 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.
Between 2020–2024, Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation received 85 grants versus 40 in 2015–2019 (+113% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 6. Lead class H04L accounts for 12.1% of the portfolio across 110 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Bentley Systems, Incorporated (#2,755) and The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy (#2,763).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation moved from 30 to 63 grants (2.10x 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 #189. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Bentley Systems, Incorporated
140 patents
Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
140 patents
Electricite DE France
140 patents
Elta Systems Ltd.
140 patents
Landa Corporation Ltd.
140 patents
Mattson Technology, Inc.
140 patents
RealD Spark, LLC
140 patents
The United States of America, as represented by Secretary of the Navy
140 patents
Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
140 patents
What this shows Kookmin holds 140 patents at rank #2,759, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,759 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Kookmin's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kookmin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.2 here).
Kookmin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 5.0% |
| 2016 | 6 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 8 | 5.7% |
| 2018 | 11 | 7.9% |
| 2019 | 8 | 5.7% |
| 2020 | 11 | 7.9% |
| 2021 | 11 | 7.9% |
| 2022 | 20 | 14.3% |
| 2023 | 20 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 23 | 16.4% |
| 2025partial year | 15 | 10.7% |
Top 15 of 110 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,759
of 49,997 tracked assignees
63.4 out of 100
What to do with this data
Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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