Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Suwon-si, KR ranks #9 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 6,576 patents from 2,862 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Suwon-si, KR include Samsung, Sk Telecom Co., LG.

Showing 1–50 of 2,862 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Soeng-Hun Kim Samsung 64
2 Byeungwoo Jeon Sk Telecom Co. 49
3 Hyunwoo Lee LG 40
#4 Jangwon Seo Samsung 37
#4 Jin Young Chun LG 37
#6 Jihong Kim Samsung 34
#7 Woo-jin Han Samsung 31
#8 Dongcheol Kim LG 28
#8 Young Ghyu Ahn Samsung 28
#8 Doyoung Lee LG 28
#11 Young-Kook Kim Samsung 26
#12 Beom-Sik Bae Samsung 24
#13 Min-su Cheon Samsung 23
#13 Deoksang Yun Samsung 23
#13 Hye-Ryung Kim Samsung 23
#16 Byoung Hwa Lee Samsung 20
#17 Jae Hyuk Jang Samsung 19
#17 Seungbeom Park LG 19
#17 Jin Young Lee Samsung 19
#20 Hong-sil Jeong Samsung 18
#20 Eun-Young Lee Samsung 18
#22 Sung-Ku Kang Samsung 17
#23 Sung Min Lee Samsung 16
#23 Hee-Won Jung Samsung 16
#25 Jin Young Hwang Hyundai Motor 15
#25 Seung-Yong Song Samsung 15
#25 Yongseok Bang Samsung 15
#25 Yong-yeon Lee Samsung 15
#29 Seok Hyun Yoon Samsung 14
#29 Sung Kwon Wi Samsung 14
#29 Jangryul Rim Mitsubishi Electric 14
#29 Mee-Hye Jung Samsung 14
#33 Ju-Youn Kim Samsung 13
#34 Daekyun Lee Samsung 12
#34 Se-O Lee Samsung 12
#34 Kisang Yoon Samsung 12
#34 Hyoungmee Park Sk Telecom Co. 12
#34 Yun-kyung Kim Samsung 12
#34 Seho Myung Samsung 12
#40 Soenghun Kim Samsung 11
#40 Hansoo Kim Samsung 11
#40 Eunseok Choi LG 11
#40 In-chul Hwang Samsung 11
#40 Masataka Hamada Minolta 11
#40 Han-Soo Kim Samsung 11
#40 Kyung Bae Park Samsung 11
#40 Myung-Soo Huh Samsung 11
#40 Jae-Seung Son Samsung 11
#40 Gyoo-Sang Choi Samsung 11
#40 Jin-seong Heo Samsung 11