Where does Korea University Research and Business Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Korea University Research and Business Foundation ranks #466 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

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 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant 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. Grants appear in 215 CPC subclasses total.

Is Korea University Research and Business Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Korea University Research and Business Foundation's recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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 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 Research and Business Foundation

Q: How many patents does Korea University Research and Business Foundation hold?

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

Q: 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.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 947 granted patents across 215 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Korea ranks #466 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 947 patents across 215 technology areas.

#466
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.5/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R466 · Foreign Corporation #466 · 947 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 947 grants
TOP-DECILE #466/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAC Pte
CPC-BROAD G06F · 215 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd. (±1 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AeroVironment · near

62
Eneos · near

62
Korea University… · this assignee

62
Xiamen Leedarson… · near

62
Oxford University… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Korea's Innovation Score is 62.5/100 (top 2% 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.

How Korea's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Korea University Research and Business Foundation received 493 grants versus 351 in 2015–2019 (+40% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 112 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 48. Lead class G06F accounts for 12.4% of the portfolio across 215 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Asustek Computer Inc. (#462) and Midea Group Co., Ltd. (#470).

Korea's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Korea University Research and Business Foundation moved from 290 to 297 grants (1.02x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,120. See the growth leaderboard.

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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Korea, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

AeroVironment, Inc. 62 Eneos Corporation 62 Xiamen Leedarson Lighting Co., Ltd 62 Oxford University Innovation Limited 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.6 here).

Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 11.6 avg Arcadyan Technology Corporation 11.6 avg Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. 11.6 avg Moen Incorporated 11.6 avg

Korea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 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%
2025partial year	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

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#466

of 49,997 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?

What to do with this data

Korea University Research and Business Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Korea University Research and Business Foundation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 12.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #466 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Korea University Research and Business Foundation against Asustek Computer Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.5/100 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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