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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Daejeon, KR ranks #272 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,153 patents from 225 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Daejeon, KR include LG, Samsung, KAIST.

Showing 1–50 of 225 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jung Hoon Lee LG 471
2 Young Min Kim Samsung 392
3 Sang Min Lee Samsung 367
#4 Jae Hoon Kim Samsung 359
#5 Dong Wook Kim Samsung 343
#6 Jae Hong Kim Samsung 301
#7 Jong Ho Kim KAIST 285
#8 Young Il Kim Samsung 242
#9 Yong-Hwan Kwon Samsung 226
#10 Ho Young Lee Samsung 207
#11 Hyun-Woo Kim Samsung 198
#12 Yong Ju Lee KAIST 193
#13 Woo Yong Lee KAIST 191
#14 Jin Kyu Lee LG 189
#15 Jeong-Ho Park Samsung 185
#16 Sung Soo Park Samsung 173
#17 Yong Ho Lee LG 157
#18 Sang Min Park LG 156
#19 Dong-Myung Kim LG 155
#20 Hyoung Jin Kwon KAIST 149
#21 Sooyeon Kim LG 143
#22 Seung Heon Lee LG 140
#23 Jeong Hun Kim Samsung 133
#24 Young-Sae Kim Samsung 128
#25 Je-Hun Lee Samsung 124
#26 In-Seok Hwang Samsung 120
#27 Ji Hoon Park Samsung 113
#28 Ji Ho Park LG 112
#29 Kyungmin Kim LG 110
#30 Chang Hun Han LG 108
#31 Jeong-Woo Lee Gct Semiconductor 107
#32 Seung-Min Park Samsung 105
#33 Sang Il Lee Samsung 100
#33 Ju Young Kim Samsung 100
#35 Yun-Hee Kim Samsung 98
#36 Ju Young Lee LG 94
#37 Suk Woo Lee LG 88
#38 Dong Gun Lee Samsung 83
#39 Kyoung Ho Kim Samsung 78
#40 Jung-Pil Lee Lg Energy Solution 75
#41 Ju-Hyung Lee Samsung 74
#42 Keun Young Kim Hyundai Motor 71
#42 Jong-Suk Lee Apple 71
#42 Soyoung Kim LG 71
#45 Hee-Soo Lee KAIST 70
#45 Jeong Woo Oh Lg Energy Solution 70
#45 Jae-Yong Kim Samsung 70
#48 Yang-Kyu Choi KAIST 68
#49 Young Gon Kim Tessera 63
#50 Su Hwan Kim Samsung 62

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