Where does Sogang University Research Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sogang University Research Foundation ranks #3,026 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 Sogang University Research Foundation hold?

Sogang University Research Foundation holds 126 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 95 technology areas.

What is Sogang University Research Foundation's Innovation Score?

Sogang University Research Foundation has an Innovation Score of 53.4 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sogang University Research Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sogang University Research Foundation's recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Sogang University Research Foundation's patents?

Sogang University Research Foundation's patents average 12.8 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 Sogang University Research 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

Sogang University Research Foundation

Q: What technology areas does Sogang University Research Foundation focus on?

Sogang University Research Foundation's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 16 patents, ranking #856 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 95 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 126 granted patents across 95 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sogang ranks #3,026 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 126 patents across 95 technology areas.

#3,026
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.4/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3026 · Foreign Corporation #3,026 · 126 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 126 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,026/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pinterest
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 95 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pinterest, 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 Sogang’s 53.4 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 16.7 pts (31%) Velocity 4.0 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amicus Therapeutics · near

53
Brain Tunnelgenix · near

53
Bridgestone Europe / · near

53
JFrog · near

53
Sogang University… · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sogang's Innovation Score is 53.4/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Sogang?

Each dot is one of Sogang’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). Sogang’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Sogang's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Sogang University Research Foundation received 57 grants versus 66 in 2015–2019 (-14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 18 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 5. Lead class Y02E accounts for 12.7% of the portfolio across 95 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Piolax, Inc. (#3,022) and Zobele Holding SPA (#3,030).

Sogang's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sogang University Research Foundation moved from 47 to 28 grants (0.60x 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 #2,456. See the growth leaderboard.

Piolax

126
Pinterest

126
S&C Electric

126
SUN Pharmaceutica…

126
THE Hillman Group

126
Tactual Labs

126
Wiz

126
Zobele Holding SPA

126
Sogang University… ◀

126

What this shows Sogang holds 126 patents at rank #3,026, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sogang

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,026 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sogang, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Sogang ranks #856 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. 53 Bridgestone Europe NV/SA 53 JFrog Ltd. 53 Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Morpho, Inc. 12.8 avg Miele & CIE. KG 12.8 avg Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. 12.8 avg Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 12.8 avg

Sogang'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

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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Sogang University Research Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	4.0%
2016	13	10.3%
2017	12	9.5%
2018	18	14.3%
2019	18	14.3%
2020	17	13.5%
2021	12	9.5%
2022	15	11.9%
2023	7	5.6%
2024	6	4.8%
2025partial year	3	2.4%

Which technologies does Sogang University Research Foundation patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 13

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 13

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 12

H04B - Transmission 11

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 10

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 9

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 9

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 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 8

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

Top 15 of 95 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

Sogang University Research Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sogang University Research Foundation's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 12.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #3,026 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sogang University Research Foundation against Piolax, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.4/100 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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