Where does Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology ranks #6,042 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology's recent grant velocity is +185% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology's patents?

Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology's patents average 9.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology

Q: How is the Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology 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 PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 75 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: E04C (Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #6,042 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 75 technology areas.

#6,042
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.6/100): 9.5
avg claims per patent: +185%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6042 · Foreign Corporation #6,042 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,042/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Insyde Software
CPC-WIDE E04C · 75 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +185% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Insyde Software Corp. (±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 51.6 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 14.0 pts (27%) Velocity 7.0 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exelis · near

52
Affectiva · near

52
FrieslandCampina… · near

52
Korea Institute OF… · this assignee

52
SubCom · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Korea's Innovation Score is 51.6/100 (top 11% 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 9.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 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.

How Korea's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology received 37 grants versus 13 in 2015–2019 (+185% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class E04C accounts for 23.2% of the portfolio across 75 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Insyde Software Corp. (#6,037) and Land O'Lakes, Inc. (#6,045).

Korea's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology moved from 21 to 22 grants (1.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Insyde Software

56
Jcbd

56
Johnson Controls…

56
Kba-notasys

56
KX

56
Knauf Insulation…

56
LF Centennial

56
Land O'lakes

56
Korea Institute O… ◀

56

What this shows Korea holds 56 patents at rank #6,041, 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 #6,041 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04C (Structural Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Korea, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E04C (Structural Elements), Korea ranks #23 of 492 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

SubCom, LLC 52 Affectiva, Inc. 52 FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V. 52 Exelis Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.5 here).

Korea Institute Of Geoscience And Mineral Resources 9.5 avg Eugene Technology Co., Ltd. 9.5 avg National University Corporation Yokohama National University 9.5 avg Sugino Machine Limited 9.5 avg

Korea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	1.8%
2017	1	1.8%
2018	5	8.9%
2019	6	10.7%
2020	7	12.5%
2021	8	14.3%
2022	9	16.1%
2023	10	17.9%
2024	3	5.4%
2025partial year	6	10.7%

Which technologies does Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology patent most?

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 13

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 9

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 9

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 9

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 4

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 3

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 3

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 3

Top 15 of 75 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 Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology's lead technology class is E04C (Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials), 23.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04C
Ranked #6,042 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Korea Institute OF Civil Engineering AND Building Technology against Insyde Software Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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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