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Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B63B (SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samsung ranks #25,128 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 20 technology areas.

#25,128
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 65%
by Innovation Score (30.6/100)
10.4
avg claims per patent
+20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25128 · Foreign Corporation #25,128 · 11 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
  • MID-PACK #25,128/50,000
  • PHOTO-FINISH SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIV…
  • CPC-FOCUS B63B · 20 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 30.6/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-UP +20% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc./saint-gobain Abrasifs (±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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Samsung

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Samsung's Innovation Score is 30.6/100 (top 65% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Where Samsung's grants concentrate

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under B63B (SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Samsung sits between Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc./saint-gobain Abrasifs and SANY Heavy Industry Co., Ltd..

Who files at Samsung's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Samsung holds 11 patents at rank #25,108, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Samsung

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,108 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Samsung's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 Top 65% higher than 35% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). This entry sits in this band. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Above this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). Above this entry. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 2 18.2%
2016 1 9.1%
2017 1 9.1%
2019 1 9.1%
2020 6 54.5%

Which technologies does Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. patent most?

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,128

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?
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

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.