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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Seoul, KR ranks #3,111 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 973 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Seoul, KR include Samsung, LG, KAIST.

Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sang Wook Park Samsung 185
2 Dongjin Kim LG 88
3 Sang-Joon Park KAIST 85
#4 Young-Wook Lee Samsung 78
#5 Sang Tae Kim Samsung 75
#6 Younghwan Kim LG 61
#7 Hyunjun Kim Intel 43
#8 Kyung-Tae Lee Samsung 41
#9 Hong Min Kim Hanon Systems 37
#9 In Sung Lee Cj Cheiljedang 37
#11 Joong K. Lee Korea Institute Of Science And Technology 32
#12 Jaesung Kim LG 30
#13 Ki-Jun Lee Samsung 27
#14 Jaejun Lee Samsung 22
#15 Sung Hoon Bae Samsung 21
#16 Jin Kim Research In Motion Limited 17
#17 Young Bin Cho Lg Innotek Co. 14
#17 Unho Choi 14
#19 Lisa M. Cechetto Arius Research 13
#20 Hong Yang Samsung 9
#21 Jin-Hee Ma Samsung 8
#22 Chan Joong Kim Lg Innotek Co. 7
#22 Ae Kyung Park Boditech Med 7
#24 Wonjun Jung Samsung 4
#24 Hun Jai Bae King Abdulaziz City For Science And Technology 4
#26 Byung-Sun Yoo Goldstar Co. 3
#26 Yu Sun Eth Zuerich 3
#26 Wooil Lee Korea Institute Of Machinery & Metals 3
#26 Dung Viet Pham Iritech 3
#30 Jae-Yoon Chong AMD 2