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Heejin Kim — 224 Patents

LG: 170 patents #151 of 26,165Top 1%
Samsung: 27 patents #4,636 of 75,807Top 7%
LILivsmed: 24 patents #3 of 25Top 15%
RGRodenstock Gmbh: 1 patents #49 of 89Top 60%
SFSeoul National University R&Db Foundation: 1 patents #847 of 2,771Top 35%
KFKorea University Research And Business Foundation: 1 patents #681 of 2,072Top 35%
KAIST: 1 patents #5,996 of 11,619Top 55%
Seongnam-si, KR: #5 of 4,833 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,627 of 4,157,543Top 1%
224 Patents All Time
Heejin Kim has been granted 224 US patents while listed as an inventor at LG. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in September 2025. Heejin Kim ranks #2,627 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.06%). Patent records list Heejin Kim in Seongnam-si, KR.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 48 patents in 2019.peak 482013: 2 patents20132015: 2 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 8 patents2018: 16 patents20182019: 48 patents2020: 47 patents20202021: 22 patents2022: 24 patents20222023: 16 patents2024: 21 patents20242025: 15 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 224 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12426967 Surgical robot arm Youngjae SONG, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2025-09-30
12419660 End tool for surgical instrument and method of manufacturing the same Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG, Donghoon Kang 2025-09-23
12401462 Method for user equipment to transmit and receive feedback information in wireless communication system supporting sidelink and device for same Seungmin LEE 2025-08-26
12396745 Surgery instrument Youngjae SONG, Jaeyeong LEE, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2025-08-26
12353789 Electronic device, and audio output mode configuration method according to connection to plurality of audio output devices Ochae KWON, Myoungwoo NAM, Inje HWANG 2025-07-08
12349903 End tool of surgical instrument, and surgical instrument comprising same Jaeyeong LEE, Junghwan Kim, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2025-07-08
12329380 End tool of surgical instrument, and surgical instrument comprising same Jaeyeong LEE, Junghwan Kim, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2025-06-17
12303129 End tool of surgical instrument, and surgical instrument comprising same Jaeyeong LEE, Junghwan Kim, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2025-05-20
12303157 Surgical instrument Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2025-05-20
12295605 Surgical instrument Joonhee JOH, Jung Joo Lee 2025-05-13
12274472 Trocar Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG, Jinho Kwon, Jaeyeong LEE 2025-04-15
12274142 Display device Dongyoub Lee, Kitae Kim, Juhyun Shin 2025-04-08
12251183 Multi-joint type surgical device Youngjae SONG, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2025-03-18
12232099 Method for terminal to perform beam management operation in wireless communication system supporting sidelink, and device for same Seungmin LEE 2025-02-18
12225477 Method by which terminal performs sidelink communication in wireless communication system for supporting sidelink, and apparatus therefor Seungmin LEE, Hanbyul Seo 2025-02-11
12185072 Method and device for recording sound of electronic device using earphones Kyungsam Min, Chahee Park, Hyunyoung Yang, Myoungwoo NAM, Inje HWANG 2024-12-31
12177818 Method for transmitting sidelink signal in wireless communication system Seoyoung BACK, Seungmin LEE 2024-12-24 $7,000
12150663 End tool of surgical instrument, and electrocauterization surgical instrument comprising same Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2024-11-26
12149956 Method for terminal to transmit and receive feedback signal in wireless communication system supporting sidelink, and device for same Seungmin LEE, Hanbyul Seo 2024-11-19 $9,000
12137964 End tool of surgical instrument and electric cauterization surgical instrument comprising same Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2024-11-12
12133248 Method by which terminal transmits/receives sidelink signal in wireless communication system for supporting sidelink, and apparatus therefor Seungmin LEE 2024-10-29 $13,000
12121317 End tool for surgical instrument Jaeyeong LEE, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2024-10-22
12127101 Method for performing discovery procedure by terminal in wireless communication system supporting sidelink, and apparatus therefor Seungmin LEE 2024-10-22 $11,000
12089847 End tool of surgical instrument, and surgical instrument comprising same Jaeyeong LEE, Junghwan Kim, Jung Joo Lee, Dongkyu JANG 2024-09-17
12088532 Method for ACK/NACK transmission and reception in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor Youngtae Kim, Hanbyul Seo, Sungyong Kang, Seungmin LEE, Hyukjin Chae 2024-09-10 $10,000