Where does SNU R&DB Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SNU R&DB Foundation ranks #1,260 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 SNU R&DB Foundation hold?

SNU R&DB Foundation holds 337 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 155 technology areas.

What is SNU R&DB Foundation's Innovation Score?

SNU R&DB Foundation has an Innovation Score of 56.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SNU R&DB Foundation focus on?

SNU R&DB Foundation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 47 patents, ranking #1,020 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 155 CPC subclasses total.

Is SNU R&DB Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SNU R&DB Foundation's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 SNU R&DB Foundation's patents?

SNU R&DB Foundation's patents average 13.6 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 SNU 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

SNU R&DB Foundation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 337 granted patents across 155 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, SNU ranks #1,260 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 337 patents across 155 technology areas.

#1,260
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.9/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1260 · Foreign Corporation #1,260 · 337 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 337 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,260/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ajinomoto
CPC-WIDE G06F · 155 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (±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.

How SNU’s 56.9 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 20.1 pts (35%) Velocity 3.7 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sentera · near

57
SNU R&DB Foundation · this assignee

57
Symantec · near

57
Unicharm · near

57
Cheng UEI Precision… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SNU's Innovation Score is 56.9/100 (top 6% 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 SNU?

Each dot is one of SNU’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). SNU’s own 13.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How SNU's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, SNU R&DB Foundation received 43 grants versus 286 in 2015–2019 (-85% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 86 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 5. Lead class G06F accounts for 13.9% of the portfolio across 155 subclasses. Volume neighbours: AO Kaspersky Lab (#1,256) and Sophos Limited (#1,264).

SNU's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SNU R&DB Foundation moved from 40 to 22 grants (0.55x 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 #2,570. See the growth leaderboard.

AO Kaspersky Lab

337
Ajinomoto

337
Onetrust

337
Silicon Works

337
SNU R&DB Foundati… ◀

337
Avery Dennison

336
King Slide Works

336
Cummins Emission…

335
Sophos

335

What this shows SNU holds 337 patents at rank #1,260, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SNU

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,260 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SNU, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), SNU ranks #1,020 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Unicharm Corporation 57 Symantec Corporation 57 Sentera, Inc. 57 Cheng UEI Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

JNC Corporation 13.6 avg Givaudan SA 13.6 avg Graco Minnesota Inc. 13.6 avg MegaChips Corporation 13.6 avg

SNU's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

SNU R&DB Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	84	24.9%
2016	86	25.5%
2017	62	18.4%
2018	35	10.4%
2019	19	5.6%
2020	12	3.6%
2021	9	2.7%
2022	8	2.4%
2023	9	2.7%
2024	5	1.5%
2025partial year	8	2.4%

Which technologies does SNU R&DB Foundation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 47

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 43

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 32

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 31

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 26

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 25

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 24

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 21

C07K - Peptides 21

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 19

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 19

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 13

Top 15 of 155 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

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

SNU R&DB Foundation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 13.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,260 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SNU R&DB Foundation against AO Kaspersky Lab, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.9/100 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

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