Where does Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute ranks #41,285 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 Ocean Research & Development Institute hold?

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute's Innovation Score?

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute has an Innovation Score of 22.4 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute's patents?

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute's patents average 7.5 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 Ocean Research & Development Institute

Q: What technology areas does Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute focus on?

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 3 patents, ranking #2,438 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Korea Ocean Research & Development 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #41,285 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#41,285
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.4/100): 7.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41285 · Foreign Corporation #41,285 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,285/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kolon Life Science
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kolon Life Science, Inc. (±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 22.4 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 6.7 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (50%) Claim depth 4.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Korea Ocean… · this assignee

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KwikSpace Guam · near

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Bailey Nurseries · near

22
Ningbo Motorman… · near

22
Precitec ITM · near

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Korea's Innovation Score is 22.4/100 (10th percentile 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 7.5 claims/patent is at or below the 13.0 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 Ocean Research & Development Institute is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Korea sits between Kolon Life Science, Inc. and KPT Ltd..

Kolon Life Science

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Komatsuseiki Kosa…

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Kongsberg Maritim…

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Korea East-west P…

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Korea Pneumatic S…

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Kosivana Holdings

6
Koto Holdings

6
KPT

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Korea Ocean Resea… ◀

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What this shows Korea holds 6 patents at rank #41,203, 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 #41,203 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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 C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Korea ranks #2,438 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

KwikSpace Guam 22 Ningbo Motorman E-commerce Co., Ltd. 22 Precitec ITM GMBH 22 Bailey Nurseries 22

Korea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% 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 · 2015–2018

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 Ocean Research & Development Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

C07K - Peptides 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 10 of 10 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 Ocean Research & Development Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #41,285 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute against Kolon Life Science, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.4/100 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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