KBK & Associates
Public patent records for KBK & Associates, 1978–2026: 4,278 patent families shared with other firms for 434 clients (applicants). Sign in to explore the app’s partner network, selected filing periods, filing activity, and client relationships.
- Patent families shared with other firms
- 4,278
- 1978–2026. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 997
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 434
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 5
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- KBK & Associates · South Korea
- Filing years
- 2017–2026
- Unit
- Distinct families per year
2021–2026 are preliminary. Patent filings publish about 18 months after filing, and foreign filings can enter later, so these counts are still filling in.
Each family counts once within a year. A family may recur in multiple years.
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| Year | Distinct families per year |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 99 |
| 2018 | 123 |
| 2019 | 277 |
| 2020 | 377 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 216 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 299 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 140 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 25 |
| 2026 · partial year | 4 |
Technology fields it focuses on
Fields where this firm's share of patent families is well above the average for South Korea firms, 2018–2022.
| Field | Share of its families | vs South Korea average |
|---|---|---|
| Telephonic communicationIPC/CPC H04M | 3.3% | 3.5× |
| Wireless communication networksIPC/CPC H04W | 22.0% | 2.7× |
| Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communicationIPC/CPC H04L | 19.0% | 2.7× |
| TransmissionIPC/CPC H04B | 6.8% | 2.5× |
| Radio direction-finding; radio navigation; determining distance or velocity by use of radio waves; locating or presence-detecting by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio waves; analogous arrangements using other wavesIPC/CPC G01S | 3.3% | 2.0× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 1,345 of 2,022 families carry an IPC or CPC classification. Shares are of those classified families, and one family can fall in several fields.
Frequently associated firms
Firms that most often appear on the same patent families. One family can be counted more than once, so these are not unique totals.
Similar South Korea firms
Yearly counts since 1990, added up. One family can be counted more than once.
- Muhahn Patent & Law Firm특허법인 무한4,143 shared patent families
- Myungshin & Partners3,990 shared patent families
- HANYANG PATENT FIRM4,700 shared patent families
- AJU KIM CHANG LEE특허법인 아주3,685 shared patent families
- Y.S.CHANG & ASSOCIATES3,682 shared patent families
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