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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Busan, KR ranks #4,930 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 543 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Busan, KR include Samsung, AMD, Qualcomm.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yong Hoon Kim Samsung 126
2 Sung Ki Kim Samsung 74
3 Yun-Jae Kim Samsung 59
#4 Joong S. Jeon AMD 47
#5 Chun Woo Lee Qualcomm 37
#6 Min Hyun Kim KAIST 36
#7 Hyun Wook Kang Boston Scientific Scimed 20
#8 Dong Yu Nanosolar 17
#9 Kang Seok Lee Samsung 16
#10 Chi-Kyun Park Skc Co. 14
#11 Tae Ryun Chang Qualcomm 13
#12 Hwang Ho Choi Samsung 9
#12 Moon Jung Kim Apple 9
#14 Sung Son Qualcomm 8
#14 Sam Rae Jung Karsten Manufacturing 8
#14 Kie Jin Park Applied Materials 8
#17 Young Ho Jang Samsung 7
#18 Tae Seung Chung Samsung 6
#19 Byungho Han MIT 5
#19 Seungwoo Song Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University 5
#21 Sam Kyung Sung Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. 4
#22 Eugene Joseph Lee AMD 3
#22 Jin Hee Song Prc-Desoto International 3
#22 Taemin Park IBM 3
#22 Young H. Cho University of California 3
#22 Sung Oh Samsung 3

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