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Hoon Wee — 19 Patents

Samsung: 19 patents #7,109 of 75,807Top 10%
Yongin-si, KR: #1,308 of 9,683 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Hoon Wee has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Samsung. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in November 2025. Hoon Wee ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Hoon Wee in Yongin-si, KR.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2008 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2011.peak 22008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112013: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12480245 Detergent supply apparatus and washing machine having same Byeongwoo KIM, Jinbum Kim 2025-11-25
12435461 Dryer and control method therefor Dongwoo Kim, Hyejoon SEOK, Minhyun Jung, Sujin SEONG, Hyundo Lee +2 more 2025-10-07
12084801 Washing machine Sung Mo Lee, Sang Ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-Woo Lee, So-dam Han +3 more 2024-09-10
11905639 Washing machine Sung Mo Lee, Sang Ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-Woo Lee, So-dam Han +3 more 2024-02-20
11814773 Washing machine Sung Mo Lee, Sang Ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-Woo Lee, So-dam Han +3 more 2023-11-14
11326296 Washing machine Sung Mo Lee, Sang Ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-Woo Lee, So-dam Han +3 more 2022-05-10
11306425 Washing machine Sung Mo Lee, Sang Ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-Woo Lee, So-dam Han +3 more 2022-04-19
11035068 Washing machine In Cheol Jang, Jeoung Kyo Jeoung 2021-06-15
10494750 Washing machine Sung Mo Lee, Sang Ho Park, Kyung-up Lim, Seon-Woo Lee, So-dam Han +3 more 2019-12-03
9611861 Washing machine Hyun Joo Kim, Eung Ryeol Seo, Jin Ki Lee, You Eok Jeon, Kwang Kyu Han 2017-04-04
9284676 Drum type washing machine Ji Hoon Choi, Phil Soo Chang, Bong Wha Kwak, Jeong Hoon Kang, Tae Jin Park +3 more 2016-03-15
8857012 Robot cleaner with improved dust collector Dong Won Kim, Jun Pyo Hong, Yong Tae Kim, Woo Ram Chung 2014-10-14
8627542 Robot cleaner with improved dust collector Dong Won Kim, Jun Pyo Hong, Yong Tae Kim, Woo Ram Chung 2014-01-14
8457789 Wall-following robot cleaner and method to control the same Jun Pyo Hong, Woo Ram Chung, Kyung Hwan Yoo, Jae Man Joo, Dong Won Kim +1 more 2013-06-04
8438698 Robot cleaner with improved dust collector Dong Won Kim, Jun Pyo Hong, Yong Tae Kim, Woo Ram Chung 2013-05-14
7891045 Robot cleaner system having robot cleaner and docking station Yong Tae Kim, Dong Won Kim 2011-02-22
7861366 Robot cleaner system having robot cleaner and docking station Jung Yoon Hahm, Kurgi Eduard, Jin Jeong, Jae Man Joo 2011-01-04
7849555 Robot cleaning system and dust removing method of the same Jung Yoon Hahm, Eduard Kurgi, Jin Jeong, Jae Man Joo 2010-12-14
7412748 Robot cleaning system Jun Hwa Lee, Jae Man Joo, Jae-Young Kwak, Gwan Woo Shin 2008-08-19