Korean inventions filed in the US rose 46%
KR → US+46%KR → JP+38%KR → EP+24%KR → CN+17%CN → US+12%EP → KR+9%EP → US+8%CN → JP+7%CN → KR+6%CN → EP+6%EP → JP+5%JP → KR+4%JP → US+2%US → KR+2%US → JP+1%US → EP-1%JP → EP-2%JP → CN-3%US → CN-5%EP → CN-9%
152Kpatent families in the busiest corridorCN→US
+46%the fastest-growing corridorKR→US
25%of CN → US work goes to ten firms in the USCN→US
Corridors
Firms sending work from Korea
| # | Firm | Share | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▲4 | PHIL & ONZI INT'L PATENT & LAW FIRM | 613 | 9.2% | +5.44 | 29 | 10 | |
| 2 | · | Bae, Kim & Lee LLC | 525 | 7.9% | +0.87 | 36 | 16 | |
| 3 | ▼2 | YOU ME PATENT & LAW FIRM | 418 | 6.3% | -1.43 | 39 | 5 | |
| 4 | ▲2 | Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners | 305 | 4.6% | +0.90 | 40 | 9 | |
| 5 | ▲2 | Envision Patent & Law Firm | 243 | 3.7% | +0.14 | 7 | 0 | |
| 6 | ▲11 | Choi Hee-kyung Patent Law Office | 211 | 3.2% | +1.11 | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | ▲4 | Saeon Patent & Law Office | 211 | 3.2% | +0.28 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | · | Kim & Chang | 150 | 2.3% | -1.22 | 43 | 13 | |
| 9 | ▼5 | KBK & Associates | 148 | 2.2% | -1.58 | 6 | 3 | |
| 9 | ▲2 | Central Law Firm | 148 | 2.2% | -0.59 | 15 | 4 | |
+392 ranked firmsFull table | ||||||||
Families each firm handled, 2020–2022. Arrows show the rank change since 2017–2019.
Technology
| Overall | AHuman necessities | BOperations and transport | CChemistry and metallurgy | DTextiles and paper | EFixed constructions | FMechanical engineering | GPhysics | HElectricity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL & ONZI INT'L PATENT & LAW FIRM | #1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Bae, Kim & Lee LLC | #2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| YOU ME PATENT & LAW FIRM | #3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners | #4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Envision Patent & Law Firm | #5 | 3 | |||||||
| Choi Hee-kyung Patent Law Office | #6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | |||
| Saeon Patent & Law Office | #6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | |||
| KBK & Associates | #9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| PAX Patent & Law Firm | Top 10% | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Soan Patent Firm | Top 10% | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| KASAN IP & LAW FIRM | Top 10% | 3 | |||||||
| IPCJ Patent & Law Firm | Top 25% | 2 | |||||||
| Honesty&JR Partners Intellectual Property Law Group | Top 25% | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| TaeBaek Intellectual Property Law Firm | Top 25% | 2 | |||||||
| Yeon Woo IP Group | Top 25% | 2 | |||||||
| YOON YUH GANG | Top 25% | 2 | |||||||
| Daehan Patent & Law Firm | 2 | ||||||||
| Muil International Patent Law Office | 2 | ||||||||
| Lee Doo-Hee Patent Office | 2 | ||||||||
| LEES & Co. | 2 | ||||||||
| 특허법인한남 | 2 | ||||||||
| JISUNG Patent & Law Office | 2 | ||||||||
| Friends International Patent & Law Firm | 2 | ||||||||
| 프런티어국제특허법률사무소 | 2 |
Rank in each IPC section, by patent families 2020–2022. Overall: rank in the whole corridor, shown as a band beyond 10th.
Applicants
| # | Applicant | Families | Offices per family |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 4,193 | 1.60 |
| 2 | LG Electronics Inc. | 2,841 | 1.87 |
| 3 | LG Energy Solution, LTD. | 1,716 | 2.71 |
| 4 | LG CHEMICAL LTD | 1,015 | 2.49 |
| 5 | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | 323 | 1.78 |
| 6 | HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD | 317 | 1.81 |
| 7 | Kia Corporation | 316 | 1.81 |
| 8 | KOREAN TOBACCO GINSENG COMMUNITY | 265 | 2.51 |
| 9 | LG Display Co.,Ltd. | 237 | 1.99 |
| 10 | SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. | 208 | 1.79 |
+699 ranked applicants | |||
Top 10 by patent families filed abroad, 2020–2022.
Method
| Measure | What it counts | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | Families a firm handled in the corridor | 10 families |
| Momentum | Change in market share since the previous period | 10 families |
| Breadth | Firms on the other side it worked with | 10 families, 3 partners |
| Openness | Partners that are new in the last two years | 10 families, 3 partners |
| Reach | Other IP5 offices an applicant files in, per family | 100 families |
SourcesPublished records of the IP5 offices and EUIPO
PeriodsPatents: 2020–2022 vs 2017–2019, by priority year. Trademarks: 2023–2025 vs 2020–2022, by filing year.
Not rankedIndividuals, in-house IP teams, applicant–firm pairs
Ranks come from the data only. Subscriptions, payments and partnerships never change a rank.
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