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Sunmin KIM — 17 Patents

Samsung: 11 patents #12,277 of 75,807Top 20%
LG: 2 patents #13,393 of 26,165Top 55%
Sony: 2 patents #13,023 of 25,231Top 55%
HKHitachi-Lg Data Storage Korea: 1 patents #23 of 71Top 35%
University Of Texas System: 1 patents #2,951 of 6,559Top 45%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Sunmin KIM has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Samsung. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in February 2025. Sunmin KIM ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Sunmin KIM in Daejeon, NY, KR.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2022.peak 42011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents20132021: 2 patents20212022: 4 patents20222023: 2 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12215063 Method for preparing deuterated compound Wanpyo Hong, Woochul LEE, Kyung-Seok Jeong, Woo-Han Kim 2025-02-04
12212163 Battery system Maximilian Hofer, Nikolaus Hochgatterer, Dolores KIM, Myungchul Kim, Pyungkap Kim +4 more 2025-01-28
12200464 Apparatus and method for processing multi-channel audio signal Tammy Lee, Sangchul Ko, Kyungrae KIM, Jungkyu Kim, Woohyun NAM +3 more 2025-01-14
12051437 Improving speech intelligibility by varying gains of sound types based on scene information Inwoo HWANG, Kibeom Kim, Hoon Heo 2024-07-30
11974116 Electronic device and control method thereof Hoseok WEY, Shukjae Choi, Inwoo HWANG 2024-04-30
11778909 Compound and organic light emitting device comprising the same Yongbum Cha, Sang Young Jeon, Yeon Hwan Kim 2023-10-03
11564050 Audio output apparatus and method of controlling thereof Inwoo HWANG, Kibeom Kim 2023-01-24
11515853 Equalizer for equalization of music signals and methods for the same Kibeom Kim, Hoon Heo, Sangmo SON, Jaeyoun Cho, Shukjae Choi 2022-11-29
11462233 Electronic device and method of recognizing audio scene Hoon Heo, Kiwoong Kang, Kibeom Kim, Inwoo HWANG 2022-10-04
11373659 Display apparatus and method of controlling the same Kibeom Kim, Hoon Heo, Inwoo HWANG, Kiwoong Kang 2022-06-28
11265223 Slave module and number assignment system including the same 2022-03-01
11205391 Image and audio processing apparatus and operating method of the same Seokhwan Jo, Inwoo HWANG, Wooseok KANG, Daesung Cho 2021-12-21
10991383 Method of measuring sound level of audio content and device therefor Inwoo HWANG, Kiwoong Kang, Kibeom Kim, Hoon Heo 2021-04-27
8566851 Slim type optical disc drive using a flexible flat cable 2013-10-22
8307383 Disc cartridge Takeshi Kubo, Nobuhiko Tsukahara, Takeharu Takasawa, Naofumi Goto 2012-11-06 $90,000
8193010 Uniform transfer of luminescent quantum dots onto a substrate Ashwini Gopal, Xiaojing Zhang, Kazunori Hoshino 2012-06-05
8018827 Solid immersion lens and focusing lens, optical pickup device, and data recording/reproducing apparatus using the same Tsutomu Ishimoto, Takao Kondo, Ariyoshi Nakaoki 2011-09-13 $153,000