Where does Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) ranks #9,410 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s recent grant velocity is +46% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s patents?

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s patents average 17.2 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

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)

Q: How many patents does Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) hold?

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

Q: What is Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s Innovation Score?

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) focus on?

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 15 patents, ranking #2,636 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) 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 - 34 granted patents across 38 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Yonsei ranks #9,410 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 38 technology areas.

#9,410
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9410 · Foreign Corporation #9,410 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,410/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wisig Networks Private
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wisig Networks Private Limited (±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 Yonsei’s 47.0 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 12.3 pts (26%) Velocity 2.6 pts (6%) Breadth 21.8 pts (46%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ikorongo Technology · near

47
Bitron S p A · near

47
Perfect Mobile · near

47
Wyeth · near

47
Yonsei University… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Yonsei's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 20% 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 Yonsei?

Each dot is one of Yonsei’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). Yonsei’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Yonsei's grants concentrate

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 44.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Yonsei sits between Wisig Networks Private Limited and Zendrive, Inc..

Yonsei's three-year grant acceleration

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Wisig Networks Pr…

34
Woven by Toyota

34
Xiamen Runner Ind…

34
Yeditepe Universi…

34
Yupo

34
Zhuhai Seine Tech…

34
Zoomlion Heavy In…

34
Zendrive

34
Yonsei University… ◀

34

What this shows Yonsei holds 34 patents at rank #9,410, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yonsei

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,410 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Yonsei, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Yonsei ranks #2,636 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Bitron S.p.A. 47 Wyeth, LLC 47 Perfect Mobile Corp. 47 Ikorongo Technology, LLC 47

Yonsei's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	8.8%
2018	4	11.8%
2019	6	17.6%
2020	7	20.6%
2021	5	14.7%
2022	3	8.8%
2023	4	11.8%
2025partial year	2	5.9%

Which technologies does Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

G11C - Static Stores 9

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

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 3

C07K - Peptides 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 3

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 2

Top 15 of 38 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

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF)'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 44.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,410 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yonsei University, UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Foundation (UIF) against Wisig Networks Private Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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

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