USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation

Q: Where does THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation ranks #3,461 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation 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 - 107 granted patents across 44 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #3,461 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 107 patents across 44 technology areas.

#3,461
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: +2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3461 · Foreign Corporation #3,461 · 107 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 107 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,461/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Persimmon
CPC-WIDE A61B · 44 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Persimmon Technologies Corporation (±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 THE’s 50.2 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 16.2 pts (32%) Velocity 5.9 pts (12%) Breadth 23.5 pts (47%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Diehl AKO Stiftung… · near

50
ÉCOLE Polytechnique… · near

50
Harris Global… · near

50
Molten Metal… · near

50
THE Catholic… · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 THE?

Each dot is one of THE’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). THE’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 10.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 32.7% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (16 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, THE sits between Persimmon Technologies Corporation and Wah Hung Group Inc.

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation moved from 33 to 29 grants (0.88x 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 #1,558. See the growth leaderboard.

Persimmon

107
Reckitt Benckiser…

107
Sacmi Cooperativa…

107
Sunshine Lake Pha…

107
THE Conard Pyle

107
Vizio

107
WMS Gaming

107
Wah Hung Group

107
THE Catholic Univ… ◀

107

What this shows THE holds 107 patents at rank #3,461, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,461 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for THE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), THE ranks #539 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC 50 Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG 50 Harris Global Communications, Inc. 50 ÉCOLE Polytechnique FÉDÉRALE DE Lausanne 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.8 here).

Sodick Co., Ltd. 7.8 avg Mitsuba Corporation 7.8 avg Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. 7.8 avg Riso Kagaku Corporation 7.8 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.7%
2016	3	2.8%
2017	10	9.3%
2018	16	15.0%
2019	14	13.1%
2020	11	10.3%
2021	8	7.5%
2022	7	6.5%
2023	6	5.6%
2024	16	15.0%
2025partial year	12	11.2%

Which technologies does THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 35

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 34

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 22

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 16

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 15

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 10

C07K - Peptides 10

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 6

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 6

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 5

C12Y - Enzymes 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

Top 15 of 44 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

THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 32.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #3,461 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Catholic University OF Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation against Persimmon Technologies Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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

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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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