Where does SK Planet Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SK Planet Co., Ltd. ranks #1,805 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 SK Planet Co., Ltd. hold?

SK Planet Co., Ltd. holds 226 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

SK Planet Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.3 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SK Planet Co., Ltd. focus on?

SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 92 patents. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -73% 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 SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s patents?

SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s patents average 9.9 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 SK Planet 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

SK Planet Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 226 granted patents across 38 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SK ranks #1,805 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 226 patents across 38 technology areas.

#1,805
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1805 · Foreign Corporation #1,805 · 226 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 226 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,805/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Atlas Copco…
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap (±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
Dominion Energy · near

47
Glycomimetics · near

47
Invidi · near

47
SK Planet · this assignee

47
China Academy OF… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SK's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (top 19% 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 SK's grants concentrate

SK Planet Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 40.7% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (50 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, SK sits between Western Digital (FREMONT), LLC and Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation.

SK's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SK Planet Co., Ltd. moved from 81 to 9 grants (0.11x 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 #3,162. See the growth leaderboard.

Western Digital (…

227
Atlas Copco Airpo…

226
Institut Pasteur

226
Parallels Interna…

226
Wago Verwaltungsg…

226
SK Planet ◀

226
Daegu Gyeongbuk I…

225
Koki Holdings

225
Philips Image Gui…

225

What this shows SK holds 226 patents at rank #1,805, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SK

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,805 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SK, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Invidi Technologies Corporation 47 Dominion Energy, Inc. 47 Glycomimetics, Inc. 47 China Academy OF Telecommunications Technology 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.9 here).

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 9.9 avg PSA Automobiles SA 9.9 avg Kowa Company, Ltd. 9.9 avg Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School 9.9 avg

SK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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.

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SK Planet Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	9.7%
2016	30	13.3%
2017	32	14.2%
2018	50	22.1%
2019	42	18.6%
2020	33	14.6%
2021	6	2.7%
2022	3	1.3%
2023	4	1.8%
2024	2	0.9%
2025partial year	2	0.9%

Which technologies does SK Planet Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 92

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 84

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 73

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 63

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 35

H04B - Transmission 16

H04M - Telephonic Communication 14

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 12

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 12

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 11

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 9

H04H - Broadcast Communication 7

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,805

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.3 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

SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SK Planet Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 40.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #1,805 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SK Planet Co., Ltd. against Western Digital (FREMONT), LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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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