Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025

Seoul, KR ranks #11 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 296,870 patents from 39,741 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Seoul, KR include Hynix (Hyundai Electronics), LG, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering.

Showing 16,751–16,800 of 39,741 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#14539 Sung Jong Lee 3
#14539 Mi Young Kang Hynix (Hyundai Electronics) 3
#14539 Hyoungkil Yoon LG 3
#14539 Sung-Ho Youn Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 3
#14539 Inhyouk Seo LG 3
#14539 Kun-Gu Lee Samsung 3
#14539 Seung Won YIM Samsung 3
#14539 Jaewoong Cho KAIST 3
#14539 Ki-Suk Chung Samsung 3
#14539 HyunChul Yun Hyundai Motor 3
#14539 Sang Woon Seo LG 3
#14539 Bong Gil Nam Ferring International Center S.A. 3
#14539 Kyun-hyon Tchah Samsung 3
#14539 In Hwa Chung Cj Cheiljedang 3
#14539 Young Nam Rhee 3
#14539 Geun Lee Cj Cheiljedang 3
#14539 Suhyung Jang LG 3
#14539 Byung-Ik Ahn Ktfreetel Co. 3
#14539 Se-ahn Song Samsung 3
#14539 Jae Lee Seoul National University Industry Foundation 3
#14539 SungSun Park Amkor Technology 3
#14539 Jung Youl Lim Electric And Telecommunications Research Institute 3
#14539 Kyung Rim Kim Cj Cheiljedang 3
#14539 Woosuk Lee LG 3
#14539 Sang-Jun Mun Samsung 3
#14539 Se Joon Yoo LG 3
#14539 Choi Jae Young Cisco 3
#14539 Soon O. Jeon Sk Chemicals Co. 3
#14539 Heung-Mook Kang 3
#14539 Geum-Young Tak KAIST 3
#14539 Subong Choi Actionpower 3
#14539 Seunghyuk YU Samsung 3
#14539 Mi Yong Kim Sanken Electric Co. 3
#14539 Tae Soo Jeong KAIST 3
#14539 Seongwoong Park Samsung 3
#14539 Du-Hyun Yoon LG 3
#14539 Jae-chun Choi Samsung 3
#14539 Hyung Ook Kim Unknown 3
#14539 Su Choi KAIST 3
#14539 Jung Il Jin Samsung 3
#14539 Gi Yong CHUNG Samsung 3
#14539 Yutaek Seo Seoul National University R&Db Foundation 3
#14539 Hyun Ho Jin Lg Industrial Systems Co. 3
#14539 Ja-Heon Gu Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University 3
#14539 Tae U Yu Korea Institute Of Industrial Technology 3
#14539 Jong-Yun Shin Samsung 3
#14539 Duckwoo Ahn LG 3
#14539 Seok Kyu Ryu 3
#14539 Young Tae Chung LG 3
#14539 Byoung-Gon Lee Curitel Communications 3