Where does Korea Automotive Technology Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Korea Automotive Technology Institute ranks #18,813 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 Korea Automotive Technology Institute hold?

Korea Automotive Technology Institute holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Korea Automotive Technology Institute's Innovation Score?

Korea Automotive Technology Institute has an Innovation Score of 39.6 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Korea Automotive Technology Institute focus on?

Korea Automotive Technology Institute's top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 3 patents, ranking #367 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Korea Automotive Technology Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Korea Automotive Technology Institute's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Korea Automotive Technology Institute's patents?

Korea Automotive Technology Institute's patents average 9.3 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 Korea Automotive Technology Institute 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

Korea Automotive Technology Institute

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 32 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #18,813 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 32 technology areas.

#18,813
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.6/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18813 · Foreign Corporation #18,813 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,813/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kesseböhmer Holding KG
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 32 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kesseböhmer Holding KG (±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 Korea’s 39.6 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 (24%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 20.0 pts (51%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Korea Automotive… · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Korea's Innovation Score is 39.6/100 (top 38% 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 Korea?

Each dot is one of Korea’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). Korea’s own 9.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Korea's grants concentrate

Korea Automotive Technology Institute is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Korea sits between Kesseböhmer Holding KG and Kove IP, LLC.

Korea's three-year grant acceleration

Korea Automotive Technology Institute shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Kesseböhmer Holdi…

15
Kineticor

15
Knowmtech

15
Komatsu Forest AB

15
Korea University…

15
Kortek Industries…

15
Kostal of America

15
Kove IP

15
Korea Automotive… ◀

15

What this shows Korea holds 15 patents at rank #18,814, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Korea

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,814 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Korea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% 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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Korea Automotive Technology Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	3	20.0%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2024	2	13.3%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Korea Automotive Technology Institute patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

C22C - Alloys 3

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 3

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

F16H - Gearing 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 15 of 32 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

Korea Automotive Technology Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Korea Automotive Technology Institute's lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #18,813 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Korea Automotive Technology Institute against Kesseböhmer Holding KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.6/100 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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