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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Seoul, KR ranks #112 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 22,796 patents from 604 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Seoul, KR include LG, Intel, Samsung.

Showing 1–50 of 604 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Seunghwan KIM LG 666
2 Seungjune Yi LG 576
3 Sunghoon Jung LG 568
#4 Hyun Woo Lee LG 564
#5 Youn Hyoung Heo Intel 431
#6 Jaewook Lee LG 366
#7 Jungsun Kim LG 325
#8 Joonyoung Park LG 305
#9 Ki Seon Ryu LG 295
#10 Ji Hoon Kim Samsung 294
#11 Seung Woo Lee Samsung 257
#12 Yong Jin Kim Samsung 256
#13 Sang Yoon Lee Samsung 245
#14 Sang-Hee Lee Intel 240
#15 Byoung Hoon Kim LG 237
#16 Jeong Ho Lee Samsung 217
#17 Jin Hee Lee Hyundai Motor 207
#18 Jae Min Lee Samsung 199
#19 Min Chul Kim Samsung 192
#19 So Young Kim Samsung 192
#21 Jin Tae Kim Samsung 184
#22 Jaeyoung Kim LG 181
#22 Moon Soo Park LG 181
#24 Seethal PALURI LG 178
#24 Jangwon Lee LG 178
#24 Jong-Hwa Lee Samsung 178
#27 Sang Jin Kim Samsung 174
#28 Sang-wook Kim Samsung 173
#29 Tae Jin Kim Samsung 172
#30 Jong Min Park Hyundai Motor 169
#31 Dong-Jun Lee Samsung 166
#31 Ki Hong Kim Samsung 166
#33 Yong Jae Kim Samsung 165
#34 Moon J. Kim IBM 156
#35 Daesung Lee LG 155
#36 Soon-Young Yoon Samsung 152
#37 Mingyu Kim LG 151
#38 Young Jin Lee Samsung 149
#39 Byung Soo Kim Samsung 147
#40 Jin Woo CHOI Samsung 143
#41 Youngsoo Kim LG 138
#42 Sang-jun Choi Samsung 135
#43 Dong Chan Kim Samsung 129
#44 Deog-Kyoon Jeong Seoul National University R&Db Foundation 127
#45 Seung-Hoon Park Samsung 123
#45 Min Ho Kim Samsung 123
#47 Sang In Lee Samsung 121
#48 Jun Woo Kim Samsung 116
#49 Wan Soo Kim LG 113
#50 Jin Hyung Lee Samsung 112

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