Where does Posco Future M Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Posco Future M Co., Ltd. ranks #49,691 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 Posco Future M Co., Ltd. hold?

Posco Future M Co., Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Posco Future M Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Posco Future M Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 45.8 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Posco Future M Co., Ltd. focus on?

Posco Future M Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 5 patents, ranking #2,175 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Posco Future M Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Posco Future M Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Posco Future M Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Posco Future M Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.2 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.

How is the Posco Future M Co., Ltd. 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Posco Future M Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2024. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Posco ranks #49,691 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 11 technology areas.

#49,691
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.8/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49691 · Foreign Corporation #49,691 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,691/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Polymate
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2024 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Polymate, Ltd. (±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 Posco’s 45.8 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 11.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Posco Future M · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Posco's Innovation Score is 45.8/100 (top 22% 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 Posco?

Each dot is one of Posco’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). Posco’s own 13.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Posco's grants concentrate

Posco Future M Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Posco sits between Polymate, Ltd. and Power Systems (PS), LLC.

Posco's three-year grant acceleration

Posco Future M Co., Ltd. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Polymate

5
Polymeric Convert…

5
Pomona Ricerca S…

5
Pooke Technology

5
Potama

5
Potens Semiconduc…

5
POW Audio

5
Power Systems (PS)

5
Posco Future M ◀

5

What this shows Posco holds 5 patents at rank #49,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Posco

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Posco's primary technology class.

Posco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Posco Future M Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	2	40.0%
2024	3	60.0%

Which technologies does Posco Future M Co., Ltd. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 3

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 3

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 1

C01C - AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; Compounds Thereof 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Posco Future M Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Posco Future M Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #49,691 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Posco Future M Co., Ltd. against Polymate, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.8/100 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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