Where does UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) ranks #1,511 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)'s recent grant velocity is +192% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)'s patents?

UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)'s patents average 11.7 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

UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)

Q: How many patents does UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) hold?

UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) holds 275 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 138 technology areas.

Q: What is UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)'s Innovation Score?

UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) has an Innovation Score of 61.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: How is the UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) 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 - 275 granted patents across 138 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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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According to USPTO PatentsView, Unist(ulsan ranks #1,511 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 275 patents across 138 technology areas.

#1,511
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.0/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: +192%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1511 · Foreign Corporation #1,511 · 275 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 275 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,511/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Haldor TOPSØE A/S
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 138 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +192% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Haldor TOPSØE A/S (±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
Cambridge Enterprise · near

61
FMR · near

61
Faurecia Clarion · near

61
Nova Chemicals… · near

61
UNIST(ULSAN… · this assignee

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unist(ulsan's Innovation Score is 61.0/100 (top 3% 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.

How Unist(ulsan's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) received 187 grants versus 64 in 2015–2019 (+192% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 49 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 7. Lead class Y02E accounts for 29.1% of the portfolio across 138 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Haldor TOPSØE A/S (#1,507) and Cambria Company LLC (#1,515).

Unist(ulsan's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) moved from 87 to 125 grants (1.44x 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 #495. See the growth leaderboard.

Haldor TOPSØE A/S

275
Lintec

275
Peking University

275
Phillips 66

275
United States Gov…

275
Wolverine Outdoors

275
Unist(Ulsan Natio… ◀

275
Acronis Internati…

274
Cambria

274

What this shows UNIST(ULSAN holds 275 patents at rank #1,511, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UNIST(ULSAN

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,511 in granted patent volume.

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

Other assignees with the most granted patents in UNIST(ULSAN's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Nova Chemicals (International) S.A. 61 Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. 61 FMR LLC 61 Cambridge Enterprise Limited 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.7 here).

National University Corporation Nagoya University 11.7 avg Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. 11.7 avg Ranpak Corp. 11.7 avg University of Macau 11.7 avg

Unist(ulsan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	7	2.5%
2017	14	5.1%
2018	18	6.5%
2019	25	9.1%
2020	27	9.8%
2021	35	12.7%
2022	39	14.2%
2023	37	13.5%
2024	49	17.8%
2025partial year	24	8.7%

Which technologies does UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 80

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 64

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 27

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 25

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 23

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 21

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 20

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 18

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 17

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 16

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 13

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 12

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 12

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 12

Top 15 of 138 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,511

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.0 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

UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY)'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 29.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #1,511 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UNIST(ULSAN National Institute OF Science AND TECHNOLOGY) against Haldor TOPSØE A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.0/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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