Overall rank by patents
#3,790
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 96 granted patents across 80 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, University ranks #3,790 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 96 patents across 80 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3790 · Foreign Corporation #3,790 · 96 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: TeraDiode, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Frito-Lay North… · near
53 score
Tenneco · near
53 score
University of Seoul… · this assignee
53 score
Cheil Industries · near
53 score
Idemia Identity &… · near
53 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows University'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.
Between 2020–2024, University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation received 48 grants versus 43 in 2015–2019 (+12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 5. Lead class G06F accounts for 16.7% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: TRW Automotive U.S. LLC (#3,786) and Wix.com Ltd. (#3,794).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation moved from 32 to 28 grants (0.88x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
96 patents
TeraDiode, Inc.
96 patents
The Hospital for Sick Children
96 patents
Universitat Zurich
96 patents
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
96 patents
VeriFone, Inc.
96 patents
Wi-LAN Inc.
96 patents
Wix.com Ltd.
96 patents
University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation
96 patents
What this shows University holds 96 patents at rank #3,790, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,790 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in University's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for University, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).
University'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
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 5.2% |
| 2016 | 5 | 5.2% |
| 2017 | 10 | 10.4% |
| 2018 | 11 | 11.5% |
| 2019 | 12 | 12.5% |
| 2020 | 9 | 9.4% |
| 2021 | 11 | 11.5% |
| 2022 | 9 | 9.4% |
| 2023 | 9 | 9.4% |
| 2024 | 10 | 10.4% |
| 2025partial year | 5 | 5.2% |
Top 15 of 80 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,790
of 49,997 tracked assignees
53.4 out of 100
What to do with this data
University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.