Is Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation'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 University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation's patents?

Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation's patents average 15.5 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 University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation

Q: Where does Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation ranks #18,814 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation 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 - 15 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #18,814 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 24 technology areas.

#18,814
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18814 · Foreign Corporation #18,814 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,814/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kineticor
CPC-FOCUS B82Y · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kineticor, 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 36.2 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 9.6 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.3 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Korea University… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Korea's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Korea vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Korea's grants concentrate

Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 26.7% of grants classified under B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Korea sits between Kineticor, Inc. and Kuprion Inc..

Kineticor

15
Knowmtech

15
Komatsu Forest AB

15
Korea Automotive…

15
Kortek Industries…

15
Kostal of America

15
Kove IP

15
Kuprion

15
Korea University… ◀

15

What this shows Korea holds 15 patents at rank #18,815, 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 #18,815 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures)

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)

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

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 University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	46.7%
2016	6	40.0%
2017	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation patent most?

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 4

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 3

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

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 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 1

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

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H03D - Demodulation OR Transference OF Modulation From ONE Carrier TO Another 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 15 of 24 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 University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation's lead technology class is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures), 26.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B82Y
Ranked #18,814 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation against Kineticor, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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

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