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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Yoon J. Kim — 26 Patents

SISimplehuman: 15 patents #13 of 60Top 25%
Samsung: 5 patents #22,775 of 75,807Top 35%
JCJusung Engineering Co.: 2 patents #60 of 220Top 30%
Long Beach, CA: #53 of 2,153 inventorsTop 3%
California: #20,975 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Yoon J. Kim has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Simplehuman. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in November 2025. Yoon J. Kim ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Yoon J. Kim in Long Beach, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2007.peak 82007: 8 patents20072008: 2 patents20082009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents20102013: 1 patents20132016: 4 patents20162024: 2 patents20242025: 7 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12465956 Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method Junhwi CHOI, Tae Heung KIM, Kang-Suck Kim, Kyung-kyun Lee 2025-11-11
12451371 Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method Kang-Suck Kim, Tae Heung KIM, Junhwi CHOI, Kyung-kyun Lee 2025-10-21
D1094941 Waste receptacle Frank Yang, Adam Wade 2025-09-23
D1072411 Trash can Frank Yang, Myk Lum, Adam Wade 2025-04-22
D1072412 Trash can Frank Yang, Myk Lum, Adam Wade 2025-04-22
12198901 Method for cleaning chamber of substrate processing apparatus Yong Hyun Kim, Chang Kyun PARK, Jae Wan Lee, Chul Joo HWANG 2025-01-14
12188126 Substrate processing apparatus Jae Wan Lee, Yong Hyun Kim, Yun Hoe KIM, Chang Kyun PARK, Gu Hyun JUNG +3 more 2025-01-07
12143696 Video summarization method for enabling easy identification of relevance between appearing objects in event Poo Reum Lee, Hee Cheol Kim, Jung In An 2024-11-12
11943490 Apparatus and method for maintaining security of video data Young-Sun Park, Su Man Nam, Jin Woo Lee, Jun Geol Kim, Yun Seong Kim 2024-03-26
D761320 Display screen or portion thereof with icon Na Young Kim, Jiu Seo, Jae-Han Lee 2016-07-12
D759118 Display screen or portion thereof with icon Na Young Kim, Jiu Seo, Jae-Han Lee 2016-06-14
D752058 Display screen or portion thereof with icon Na Young Kim, Jiu Seo, Jae-Han Lee 2016-03-22
D749132 Display screen or portion thereof with icon Na Young Kim, Jiu Seo, Jae-Han Lee 2016-02-09
8569980 Trash can with power operated lid Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Lum 2013-10-29
D611216 Trash can with power operated lid Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Lum 2010-03-02
D597835 Packaging box Seong-Min Kwon, Yeon-Hee Jo 2009-08-11
D574116 Toilet plunger and holder Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Lum 2008-07-29
D560914 Toilet brush Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Lum 2008-02-05
D555954 Flip top paper towel holder Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Lum 2007-11-27
D555310 Dish rack Frank Yang, Myk Lum, Tzu-Hao Wei, Chih-Hong Hsieh, Joseph Sandor 2007-11-13
D555317 Trash can assembly Frank Yang, Myk Lum, Tzu-Hao Wei 2007-11-13
D553446 Canister Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, William Shyh-Chen Hsu, Myk Lum 2007-10-23
D552825 Base for article Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Lum 2007-10-09
D552823 Trash can Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Myk Lum 2007-10-09
D548504 Flip top paper towel holder Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Chih-Hong Hsieh, Myk Lum 2007-08-14