USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Korea University Research And Business Foundation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 947 granted patents across 215 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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947

Total patents granted

215

CPC technology areas

11.6

Avg claims per patent

+70%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Korea holds 947 US patents across 215 technology areas, rank #466 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#466
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.5/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +70%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Korea University Research And Business Foundation has been granted 947 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Korea University Research And Business Foundation at rank #466 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 215 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a Foreign Corporation, Korea University Research And Business Foundation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Korea sits between Asustek Computer Inc. (970 patents, rank #462) and Midea Group Co., Ltd. (941 patents, rank #470) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 62.5/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 596 grants, compared with 351 in the 2015–2019 window, a +70% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Korea University Research And Business Foundation's 11.6 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Korea University Research And Business Foundation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Asustek Computer

970
Marvell World Tra…

967
KAO

957
Lenovo Enterprise…

957
Korea University… ◀

947
AAC Pte

946
HAND HELD Products

946
NCR

942
Midea Group

941

What this shows Korea holds 947 patents at rank #466, 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 #466 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

62 Top 2% higher than 98% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Research And Business Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	48	5.1%
2016	59	6.2%
2017	82	8.7%
2018	68	7.2%
2019	94	9.9%
2020	105	11.1%
2021	91	9.6%
2022	80	8.4%
2023	105	11.1%
2024	112	11.8%
2025	103	10.9%

Which technologies does Korea University Research And Business Foundation patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 117

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 94

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 89

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 88

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 78

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 73

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 61

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 58

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 50

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 50

G11C - STATIC STORES 48

B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES 47

H04B - TRANSMISSION 45

C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE 44

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 41

Top 15 of 215 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#466

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Korea University Research And Business Foundation hold?

Korea University Research And Business Foundation holds 947 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 215 technology areas.

What is Korea University Research And Business Foundation's Innovation Score?

Korea University Research And Business Foundation has an Innovation Score of 62.5 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Korea University Research And Business Foundation focus on?

Korea University Research And Business Foundation's top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 117 patents. The company has filed patents in 215 CPC subclasses total.

Is Korea University Research And Business Foundation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Korea University Research And Business Foundation's recent filing velocity is +70% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Korea University Research And Business Foundation's patents?

Korea University Research And Business Foundation's patents average 11.6 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Korea University Research And Business 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.

How to use this portfolio

Korea's 947 grants land it in the top 2% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Korea ranks #466 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06F - see who else leads that technology area. G06F leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

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.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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.