Where does Seoul National University R&DB Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Seoul National University R&DB Foundation ranks #438 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 Seoul National University R&DB Foundation hold?

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation holds 1,030 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 253 technology areas.

What is Seoul National University R&DB Foundation's Innovation Score?

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation has an Innovation Score of 64.0 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 Seoul National University R&DB Foundation focus on?

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 151 patents, ranking #385 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 253 CPC subclasses total.

Is Seoul National University R&DB Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation's recent grant velocity is +104% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Seoul National University R&DB Foundation's patents?

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation'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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation

Q: How is the Seoul National University R&DB 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 - 1,030 granted patents across 253 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, Seoul ranks #438 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,030 patents across 253 technology areas.

#438
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.0/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +104%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R438 · Foreign Corporation #438 · 1,030 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #438/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Align Technology
CPC-BROAD G06F · 253 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +104% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Align Technology, Inc. (±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.

How Seoul’s 64.0 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 24.0 pts (38%) Velocity 7.1 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
InvenSense · near

64
Seoul National… · this assignee

64
Suzhou Opple Lighting · near

64
SZ DJI Technology · near

64
Toshiba Global… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Seoul's Innovation Score is 64.0/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Seoul?

Each dot is one of Seoul’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). Seoul’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Seoul's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation received 609 grants versus 298 in 2015–2019 (+104% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 128 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 33. Lead class G06F accounts for 14.7% of the portfolio across 253 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Avaya Inc. (#434) and DSM IP Assets B.V. (#442).

Seoul's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation moved from 347 to 367 grants (1.06x 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 #1,047. See the growth leaderboard.

Avaya

1,044
Toyota Jidoshokki

1,041
Mitsubishi Chemic…

1,040
Genentech

1,039
Seoul National Un… ◀

1,030
Align Technology

1,029
Contemporary Ampe…

1,029
Carl Zeiss SMT

1,028
DSM IP Assets B V

1,027

What this shows Seoul holds 1,030 patents at rank #438, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Seoul

By rank, the assignees closest to #438 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Seoul, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Seoul ranks #385 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. 64 Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. 64 Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. 64 InvenSense, Inc. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.2 here).

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover 13.2 avg D&M Holdings Inc. 13.2 avg Casio Computer Co., Ltd. 13.2 avg Dentsply Sirona Inc. 13.2 avg

Seoul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 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.

View data table

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	3.2%
2016	41	4.0%
2017	51	5.0%
2018	68	6.6%
2019	105	10.2%
2020	114	11.1%
2021	128	12.4%
2022	125	12.1%
2023	117	11.4%
2024	125	12.1%
2025partial year	123	11.9%

Which technologies does Seoul National University R&DB Foundation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 151

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 105

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 93

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 93

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 90

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 80

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 75

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 68

C07K - Peptides 61

G11C - Static Stores 61

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 50

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 50

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 47

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 45

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 44

Top 15 of 253 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

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Seoul National University R&DB Foundation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 14.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #438 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Seoul National University R&DB Foundation against Avaya Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.0/100 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

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