Overall rank by patents
#12,079
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F17C (VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #12,079 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 29 technology areas.
Korea GAS Corporation has been granted 25 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Korea GAS Corporation at #12,079 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 29 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in F17C (VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES). As a Foreign Corporation, Korea GAS Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Korea sits between Jiangxi University Of Science And Technology (25 patents, rank #12,065) and Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha (25 patents, rank #12,073) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 9 grants, compared with 12 in the 2015–2019 window, a -25% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Korea GAS Corporation's 12.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 29 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Jiangxi University of Science and Technology
25 patents
Jive Software, Inc.
25 patents
KIMURA KOHKI CO., LTD.
25 patents
KLEAN KANTEEN, INC.
25 patents
KUMHO TIRE CO., INC.
25 patents
KWS SAAT SE
25 patents
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
25 patents
Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
25 patents
KOREA GAS CORPORATION
25 patents
What this shows Korea holds 25 patents at rank #12,069, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #12,069 in granted patent volume.
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)
41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 50,000 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 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 4.0% |
| 2017 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 2018 | 3 | 12.0% |
| 2019 | 3 | 12.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 4 | 16.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | 12.0% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 16.0% |
Top 15 of 29 technology areas
Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.
Overall rank by patents
#12,079
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.1 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Korea's 25 grants land it in the top 34% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.