Overall rank by patents
#1,254
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 338 granted patents across 127 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #1,254 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 338 patents across 127 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R1254 · Foreign Corporation #1,254 · 338 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (±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
Sensor Technology · near
58 score
Johnson Matthey · near
58 score
Korea Technology… · this assignee
58 score
THE Children's… · near
58 score
Bestway Inflatables… · near
58 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Korea's Innovation Score is 58.2/100 (top 5% 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, Korea Electronics Technology Institute received 150 grants versus 141 in 2015–2019 (+6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 40 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 22. Lead class G06F accounts for 23.4% of the portfolio across 127 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Tektronix, Inc. (#1,250) and OneTrust, LLC (#1,258).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Korea Electronics Technology Institute moved from 93 to 95 grants (1.02x 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 #1,123. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Tektronix, Inc.
339 patents
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
338 patents
Gambro Lundia AB
338 patents
Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
338 patents
Universal Entertainment Corporation
338 patents
Korea Electronics Technology Institute
338 patents
AO Kaspersky Lab
337 patents
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
337 patents
OneTrust, LLC
337 patents
What this shows Korea holds 338 patents at rank #1,254, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,254 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Korea's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Korea, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.4 here).
Korea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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 | 22 | 6.5% |
| 2016 | 24 | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 27 | 8.0% |
| 2018 | 30 | 8.9% |
| 2019 | 38 | 11.2% |
| 2020 | 32 | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 23 | 6.8% |
| 2022 | 30 | 8.9% |
| 2023 | 25 | 7.4% |
| 2024 | 40 | 11.8% |
| 2025partial year | 47 | 13.9% |
Top 15 of 127 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,254
of 49,997 tracked assignees
58.2 out of 100
What to do with this data
Korea Electronics Technology Institute'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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