Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Daejeon, KR ranks #14 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 114,987 patents from 14,297 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Daejeon, KR include KAIST, Samsung, LG.

Showing 1–50 of 14,297 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jin Ho Lee KAIST 780
2 Jin Soo Choi KAIST 646
3 Hui Yong KIM KAIST 601
#4 Sung Chang LIM KAIST 559
#5 Sung-Ik Park KAIST 371
#6 Heung-Mook Kim KAIST 357
#7 Jung Won KANG KAIST 353
#8 So-Young Lee Samsung 310
#9 Sun-Hyoung KWON KAIST 293
#10 Sok-Kyu Lee KAIST 289
#11 Je-Young Kim LG 253
#12 Ki Young Kim Samsung 246
#13 Jin Woo Hong KAIST 236
#14 Jung-Min Lee Samsung 211
#15 Jae Young Ahn KAIST 202
#16 Se Yoon Jeong KAIST 191
#17 Ki Hwan Kim LG 188
#18 Hye Jin Kim Samsung 185
#18 Eun Kyung Kim LG 185
#20 Young Jo Ko KAIST 184
#20 Jeong-O Mun Lg Energy Solution 184
#22 Dal-Mo Kang LG 183
#23 Ji Hye Kim Samsung 176
#24 Dong San JUN KAIST 174
#25 Chul Haeng Lee Lg Energy Solution 173
#26 Tae Gon Kim Samsung 172
#27 Jong-Hun Kim LG 166
#28 Se-Ho Park Samsung 164
#29 Jae-Bon Koo Samsung 162
#29 Jang Won SEO Samsung 162
#31 Wang Mo Jung Lg Energy Solution 161
#31 Bong-Soo Kim Samsung 161
#33 Seung-Chan Bang KAIST 158
#34 Jae Woong Kim Hyundai Motor 157
#35 Dae Sung Kim Sk Hynix 156
#36 Jae-Ho Jung Samsung 154
#37 Doo Young Kim Samsung 153
#38 Ki Woong Kim LG 149
#38 Seung Hyun Kim Hyundai Motor 149
#40 Kyoung-Hoon Kim Samsung 147
#41 Doo Kyung Yang LG 142
#41 Dae Woo Lee Samsung 142
#43 Ki Soo Lee LG 141
#44 Hong-Kyu Park LG 140
#45 Kwang-Jin Lee Samsung 138
#46 Jae Ho Choi Samsung 137
#47 Il Gyu KIM KAIST 132
#47 Yeong Rae Chang LG 132
#49 Sung Soo Yoon LG 130
#50 Dong Soo Lee Samsung 129