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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Yongin-si, KR ranks #1,845 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,785 patents from 23 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Yongin-si, KR include Samsung, Hyundai Motor, General Motors.

Showing 1–23 of 23 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sang Hyun Lee Samsung 304
2 Young Sik Kim Samsung 254
3 Jong Soo Kim Hyundai Motor 218
#4 Jong-Wook Lee Samsung 164
#5 Ji-Won Lee Samsung 156
#6 Dongwoo Kim Samsung 155
#7 Byoung-Keon Park Samsung 79
#8 Kee Yong Kim General Motors 70
#9 Jaehong Park Samsung 63
#10 Hyeongseok Kim Samsung 48
#11 Yong-Jun Park Samsung 37
#12 Yong H. Lee General Motors 36
#13 Hee Seok Kim Samsung 35
#13 Minku Lee Ford 35
#15 Kangwon Lee Samsung 34
#16 Myung-Hwa Kim Jeil Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd 19
#17 Min-Yeol Han Samsung 18
#18 Jin Hee Ahn KAIST 13
#18 Kyoung Youn Lee Sk Hynix 13
#20 Hyun-Myung Moon Interwork Korea Co. 11
#20 Seok-il Yoon Samsung 11
#22 Leonid Kaplan Samsung 8
#23 Hee Kwon Jo Mandom 4

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