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 | Breadth | Openness | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▲1 | 특허법인아주 | 170 | 13.1% | +5.08 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2 | ▲120 | Royal Patent & Law Firm | 121 | 9.3% | +9.22 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | ▲23 | Shin & Kim | 96 | 7.4% | +6.71 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | ▲22 | Sejong Law Firm | 85 | 6.5% | +5.87 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | New | GURU IP Law | 45 | 3.5% | +3.46 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | ▲8 | Soan Patent Firm | 40 | 3.1% | +1.53 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | ▲79 | KIYUL IP LAW FIRM | 37 | 2.8% | +2.66 | 4 | 0 | |
| 8 | ▼2 | Kim & Chang | 36 | 2.8% | +0.26 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | ▼3 | Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners | 30 | 2.3% | -0.20 | 3 | 1 | |
| 10 | · | Ganghan International Patent Law Office | 27 | 2.1% | +0.15 | 5 | 1 | |
+176 ranked firmsFull table | ||||||||
Families each firm handled, 2023–2025. Arrows show the rank change since 2020–2022.
Technology
| Overall | 1–5Chemicals and health | 6–8, 12–13Metals, machines and vehicles | 9–11Electronics and instruments | 14–21, 28Household, leisure and materials | 22–27Textiles and clothing | 29–34Food and drink | 35–38, 42Business and technology services | 39–41, 43–45Transport, education and personal services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 특허법인아주 | #1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Shin & Kim | #3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sejong Law Firm | #4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| GURU IP Law | #5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Soan Patent Firm | #6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Rank in each Nice class group, by trademark filings 2023–2025. 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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