Overall rank by patents
#2,579
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 151 granted patents across 126 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: H10K (Organic Electric Solid-state Devices).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Pusan ranks #2,579 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 151 patents across 126 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2579 · Foreign Corporation #2,579 · 151 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Building Materials Investment Corporation (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Arisawa MFG · near
53 score
Merry (Shenzhen) · near
53 score
Pusan National… · this assignee
53 score
Sigma Computing · near
53 score
Encore Wire · near
53 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Pusan's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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.
Between 2020–2024, Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation received 69 grants versus 72 in 2015–2019 (-4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 22 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 9. Lead class H10K accounts for 14.6% of the portfolio across 126 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Building Materials Investment Corporation (#2,574) and Windmöller & Hölscher KG (#2,582).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation moved from 55 to 36 grants (0.66x 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 #2,295. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Building Materials Investment Corporation
151 patents
LSI
151 patents
Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
151 patents
Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
151 patents
Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
151 patents
Sodick Co., Ltd.
151 patents
Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
151 patents
Windmöller & Hölscher KG
151 patents
Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation
151 patents
What this shows Pusan holds 151 patents at rank #2,578, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,578 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Pusan's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pusan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.6 here).
Pusan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | 6.6% |
| 2016 | 10 | 6.6% |
| 2017 | 18 | 11.9% |
| 2018 | 12 | 7.9% |
| 2019 | 22 | 14.6% |
| 2020 | 20 | 13.2% |
| 2021 | 13 | 8.6% |
| 2022 | 13 | 8.6% |
| 2023 | 9 | 6.0% |
| 2024 | 14 | 9.3% |
| 2025partial year | 10 | 6.6% |
Top 15 of 126 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,579
of 49,997 tracked assignees
53.1 out of 100
What to do with this data
Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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