Overall rank by patents
#17,831
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H10H (INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #17,831 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 32 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17831 · Foreign Corporation #17,831 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Kann Manufacturing Corporation (±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
Korea Polytechnic Un… · this assignee
39 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Korea Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #17,831 of 50,000; Innovation Score 38.8/100 sits in the top 40% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Kann Manufacturing Corporation (±0 grants).
Korea Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2015 and 2024, placing Korea Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation at #17,831 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 32 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in H10H (INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS). As a Foreign Corporation, Korea Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Korea sits between KASK S.p.a. (16 patents, rank #17,816) and Kann Manufacturing Corporation (16 patents, rank #17,824) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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 10 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a +67% 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 Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation's 10.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 32 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 ◀
KASK S.P.A.
16 patents
KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
16 patents
KINGSPAN HOLDINGS (IRL) LIMITED
16 patents
KK Wind Solutions A/S
16 patents
KURT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
16 patents
KUZCO LIGHTING LLC
16 patents
KWH MIRKA LTD
16 patents
Kann Manufacturing Corporation
16 patents
KOREA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
16 patents
What this shows Korea holds 16 patents at rank #17,820, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,820 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)
39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2017 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 15 of 32 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,831
of 50,000 tracked assignees
38.8 out of 100
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