Where does Postech Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Postech Foundation ranks #37,033 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 Postech Foundation hold?

Postech Foundation holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Postech Foundation's Innovation Score?

Postech Foundation has an Innovation Score of 24.9 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Postech Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Postech 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 Postech Foundation's patents?

Postech Foundation's patents average 10.0 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 Postech 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Postech Foundation

Q: What technology areas does Postech Foundation focus on?

Postech Foundation's top technology area is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 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: C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Postech ranks #37,033 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#37,033
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.9/100): 10.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37033 · Foreign Corporation #37,033 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,033/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Polytex
CPC-FOCUS C12Q · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Polytex Technologies 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Postech Foundation · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Postech's Innovation Score is 24.9/100 (16th percentile 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.

Where Postech's grants concentrate

Postech Foundation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Postech sits between Polytex Technologies Ltd. and PQ Bypass, Inc..

Polytex

7
Pomian & Corella

7
Population Geneti…

7
Popio IP Holdings

7
Powersoft S P A

7
PPI Xiamen Indust…

7
Ppp&c

7
PQ Bypass

7
Postech Foundation ◀

7

What this shows Postech holds 7 patents at rank #36,933, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Postech

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,933 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Postech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% 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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Postech Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	57.1%
2016	2	28.6%
2017	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Postech Foundation patent most?

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 1

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

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,033

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

24.9 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

Postech Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Postech Foundation's lead technology class is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #37,033 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Postech Foundation against Polytex Technologies Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.9/100 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

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.